by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Alabama” 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 Alabama, there were 1,173 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,626 and $30,532 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 603 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,476 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Alabama” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in social work. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in social work.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for alabama master’s degree social work students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Alabama A & M University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Alabama. Normal, Alabama is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s social work degrees to 84 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Troy University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Alabama. This fairly large school is located in Troy, Alabama, and it awarded 169 masters’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Alabama landed the #3 spot on the list. The University of Alabama is a large public school situated in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It awarded 232 masters’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Alabama State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Alabama. Alabama State University is a small school located in Montgomery, Alabama that handed out 12 masters’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Alabama landed the #5 spot on the list. Florence, Alabama is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s social work degrees to 35 students in 2020-2021.
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Jacksonville State University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Alabama ranking. Jacksonville, Alabama is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s social work degrees to 31 students in 2020-2021.
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Samford University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Alabama ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Birmingham, Alabama, and it awarded 19 masters’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Auburn University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Alabama list. Auburn University is located in Auburn, Alabama and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 21 masters’s social work degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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