by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 New Mexico for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 58,326 people earned their degree in social work, making the major the 13th most popular in the United States. 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 New Mexico, there were 428 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,675 and $22,030 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 203 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,709 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Social Work Major in New Mexico for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 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 New Mexico for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for new mexico master’s degree social work students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Social Work Major in New Mexico for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Western New Mexico University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Silver City, New Mexico, and it awarded 138 masters’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Social Work Major in New Mexico for a Master’s. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, this fairly large public school handed out 65 degrees to qualified masters’s social work students in 2020-2021.
Full New Mexico State University - Main Campus Social Work Report
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