by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Minnesota 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 Minnesota, there were 2,143 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,407 and $27,097 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 130 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $78,414 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Social Work Major in Minnesota for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in social work. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in social work.
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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 Minnesota 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 Minnesota for a Doctorate”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Social Work Major in Minnesota for a Doctorate list. This large school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 69 doctorate’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Walden University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Social Work Major in Minnesota for a Doctorate. Walden University is a private for-profit institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a large population, and it awarded 40 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Social Work Major in Minnesota for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of St Thomas Minnesota landed the #3 spot on the list. UST MN is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It awarded 18 doctorate’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Social Work Major in Minnesota for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a large public school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 3 doctorate’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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