by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Colorado” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Colorado, there were 1,103 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,998 and $26,560 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 794 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,172 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Colorado” ranking looked at 5 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.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Colorado” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado master’s degree social work students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Denver. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Colorado. University of Denver is a fairly large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 500 masters’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan State University of Denver landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Denver, Colorado, and it awarded 186 masters’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Pueblo. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Colorado. Colorado State University - Pueblo is a medium-sized public school situated in Pueblo, Colorado. It awarded 22 masters’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #4 spot on the list. Colorado State is a large school located in Fort Collins, Colorado that handed out 86 masters’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s social work degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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