2021 Best Social Work Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region
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Finding the Best Social Work Schools for Non-Traditional Students
For this year's Best Social Work Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, we looked at 34 colleges that offer a bachelor's in social work. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality social work programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the social work program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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The social work school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Social Work Schools for Non-Traditional Students.
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2021 Best Social Work Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region
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Top 10 Best Social Work Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Keuka College tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that are best for non-traditional social work students. Keuka College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Keuka Park. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Keuka College has also earned the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Social Work in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.
About 2.9% of Keuka College students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 479 students take at least one class online at Keuka College. There are roughly 138 part time students in attendance at Keuka College.
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Rutgers University - New Brunswick landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best social work schools for non-traditional students. Located in the small city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public school with a fairly large student population. Rutgers New Brunswick did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Colleges for Social Work in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
The student loan default rate at Rutgers New Brunswick is lower than is typical, just 1.1% of students default in three years. There are approximately 30,054 students at Rutgers New Brunswick that take at least one class online. About 7,559 of the students at Rutgers New Brunswick are attending part time.
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Stockton University landed the #3 spot in our 2021 best social work schools for non-traditional students. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Galloway, Stockton State is a public school with a moderately-sized student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Stockton State has also earned the #8 rank in our Best Colleges for Social Work in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at Stockton State is lower than is typical, just 1.8% of students default in three years. Approximately 4,882 students take at least one class online at Stockton State. There are roughly 967 part time students in attendance at Stockton State.
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Lehman College earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. Lehman is a large public school located in the large city of Bronx.
About 1.8% of Lehman students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 7,080 students at Lehman that take at least one class online. About 6,250 of the students at Lehman are attending part time.
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Millersville University of Pennsylvania earned the #5 spot in our 2021 rankings. Millersville is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Millersville.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.4%. There are approximately 2,500 students at Millersville that take at least one class online. About 2,073 of the students at Millersville are attending part time.
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The #6 spot in this year's ranking belongs to West Chester University of Pennsylvania. Located in the large suburb of West Chester, WCUPA is a public school with a fairly large student population. WCUPA also took the #7 spot in our Best Colleges for Social Work in the Middle Atlantic Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at WCUPA is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. There are approximately 4,464 students at WCUPA that take at least one class online. There are roughly 3,854 part time students in attendance at WCUPA.
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Ramapo College of New Jersey earned the #7 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the suburb of Mahwah, Ramapo College is a public school with a medium-sized student population. Ramapo College also made our Best Colleges for Social Work in the Middle Atlantic Region list, coming in at #4.
The student loan default rate at Ramapo College is lower than is typical, just 0.7% of students default in three years. There are approximately 3,224 students at Ramapo College that take at least one class online. 1,054 students are part time.
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Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania earned the #8 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the fringe town of Shippensburg, Ship is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.9%. 390 students at Ship are exclusively online. There are roughly 1,063 part time students in attendance at Ship.
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Cedar Crest College landed the #9 spot in our 2021 best social work schools for non-traditional students. Cedar Crest is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Allentown.
About 1.5% of Cedar Crest students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 622 students at Cedar Crest that take at least one class online. 514 of Cedar Crest students are attending part time.
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Montclair State University landed the #10 spot in our 2021 best social work schools for non-traditional students. Montclair State is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Montclair.
About 1.5% of Montclair State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 9,294 students take at least one class online at Montclair State. 4,724 students are part time.
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