by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Social Work Major in West Virginia for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 West Virginia, there were 316 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,207 and $26,718 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 143 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,814 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Social Work Major in West Virginia for a Master’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 West Virginia for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.
The colleges and universities below are the best for west virginia master’s degree social work students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Social Work Major in West Virginia for a Master’s list. WVU is a public institution located in Morgantown, West Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 54 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concord University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Social Work Major in West Virginia for a Master’s list. Concord University is located in Athens, West Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 53 masters’s social work degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Social Work Major in West Virginia for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Marshall University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Huntington, West Virginia, this fairly large public school awarded 36 degrees to qualified masters’s social work students in 2020-2021.
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