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2023 Most Well Attended Social Work Major in Alaska

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76 Degrees Awarded
$32,200 Avg Cost*
Most Well Attended Social Work Major in Alaska

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Social Work Major in Alaska” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Alaska, there were 76 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,537 and $38,439 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Social Work Major in Alaska” 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.

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Most Well Attended Social Work Major in Alaska

The colleges and universities below are the best for alaska social work students.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Anchorage. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Social Work Major in Alaska list. Anchorage, Alaska is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s social work degrees to 51 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% 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%.

Read full report on Social Work at UAA

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Social Work Major in Alaska list. Fairbanks, Alaska is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s social work degrees to 25 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Social Work at University of Alaska Fairbanks

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