by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Georgia” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Georgia, there were 785 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,492 and $30,431 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 430 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,186 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Georgia” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree 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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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 Georgia” 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 georgia master’s degree social work students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clark Atlanta University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Georgia. CAU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Atlanta, Georgia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 49 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Savannah State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Georgia list. Located in Savannah, Georgia, this small public school awarded 30 degrees to qualified masters’s social work students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Valdosta State University landed the #3 spot on the list. VSU is a fairly large school located in Valdosta, Georgia that handed out 42 masters’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Georgia. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Georgia. Athens, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s social work degrees to 189 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Albany State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Georgia list. Albany State is a medium-sized public school situated in Albany, Georgia. It awarded 10 masters’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
Georgia State University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Georgia ranking. Georgia State University is a large public school situated in Atlanta, Georgia. It awarded 62 masters’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
Kennesaw State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Georgia ranking. Kennesaw State University is located in Kennesaw, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 48 masters’s social work degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% 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%.
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