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. 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 the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s” 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 the Rocky Mountains region, there were 2,624 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,144 and $24,446 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1,527 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,301 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Social Work Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 14 colleges that offered a degree in social work. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in social work.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Social Work Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Social Work Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s list. Located in Denver, Colorado, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 500 degrees to qualified masters’s social work students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boise State University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Social Work Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s. Boise State is a public institution located in Boise, Idaho. The school has a large population, and it awarded 244 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Utah. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Social Work Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s. U of U is a large school located in Salt Lake City, Utah that handed out 188 masters’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Metropolitan State University of Denver. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Social Work Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s. MSU Denver is a fairly large public school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 186 masters’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Social Work Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s list. Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a large public school situated in Fort Collins, Colorado. It awarded 86 masters’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, 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 85%.
Utah State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Social Work Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s ranking. Utah State University is a public institution located in Logan, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 82 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #7, Utah Valley University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Social Work Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s list. UVU is a public institution located in Orem, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 55 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #8, Northwest Nazarene University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Social Work Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s list. NNU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Nampa, Idaho. The school has a small population, and it awarded 53 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Social Work Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s ranking. Brigham Young University - Provo is a large school located in Provo, Utah that handed out 38 masters’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #10, The University of Montana did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Social Work Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s list. Missoula, Montana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s social work degrees to 28 students in 2020-2021.
University of Wyoming landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Social Work Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s ranking. University of Wyoming is located in Laramie, Wyoming and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 24 masters’s social work degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%.
Colorado State University - Pueblo ranked #12 on this year’s Most Well Attended Social Work Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s list. Pueblo, Colorado is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s social work degrees to 22 students in 2020-2021.
Idaho State University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Social Work Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #13. Idaho State University is a public institution located in Pocatello, Idaho. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 21 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Social Work Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #14. This fairly large school is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and it awarded 0 masters’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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