by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in South Dakota” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 58,326 people earned their degree in social work, making the major the 13th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, social work graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $37,651 and had an average of $26,679 in loans still to pay off.
Across South Dakota, there were 20 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,060 and $29,790 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 20 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,663 and $32,117 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in South Dakota” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in social work. That schools that top this list have a program in social work in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in South Dakota”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oglala Lakota College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in South Dakota. Kyle, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s social work degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Sioux Falls. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in South Dakota list. University of Sioux Falls is located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s social work degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Social Work at University of Sioux Falls
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in South Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, Presentation College landed the #3 spot on the list. Aberdeen, South Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s social work degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
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