by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in South Carolina” ranking.
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 Carolina, there were 383 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,382 and $32,760 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 209 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,605 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in South Carolina” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer 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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The colleges and universities below are the best for south carolina master’s degree social work students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Winthrop University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in South Carolina. Winthrop is a public institution located in Rock Hill, South Carolina. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 56 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Carolina - Columbia landed the #2 spot on the list. UofSC is a public institution located in Columbia, South Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 153 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Social Work at University of South Carolina - Columbia
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Limestone College landed the #3 spot on the list. Gaffney, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s social work degrees to 61 students in 2020-2021.
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