by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Alaska” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Social Work is the 13th most popular major in the country with 58,326 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Alaska, there were 76 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,537 and $38,439 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 27 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,425 and $0 respectively.
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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Alaska” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Alaska”.
Out of the 1 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Anchorage landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Alaska Anchorage is a fairly large public school situated in Anchorage, Alaska. It awarded 27 masters’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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