by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Social Work Major in Georgia for a Doctorate” 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 Georgia, there were 785 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,492 and $30,431 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $69,023 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Social Work Major in Georgia for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in social work. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular social work programs in the United States.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Social Work Major in Georgia for a Doctorate” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Social Work Major in Georgia for a Doctorate”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clark Atlanta University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Social Work Major in Georgia for a Doctorate list. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s social work degrees to 5 students 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 #2 for the Most Well Attended Social Work Major in Georgia for a Doctorate. This large school is located in Athens, Georgia, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
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