2021 Best Social Work Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England 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 New England Region ranking, we looked at 15 colleges that offer a bachelor's in social work. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great social work programs and a strong support system for non-traditional students.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the social work program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
One Size Does Not Fit All
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 Best Social Work Schools for Non-Traditional Students 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.
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2021 Best Social Work Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Social Work Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Top 10 Best Social Work Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Westfield State University tops the 2021 list of our schools in the New England Region that are best for non-traditional social work students. Westfield is a small public school located in the suburb of Westfield. Westfield not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #5 on our Best Colleges for Social Work in the New England Region list.
The student loan default rate at Westfield is lower than is typical, just 1.3% of students default in three years. There are approximately 2,052 students at Westfield that take at least one class online. 1,138 students are part time.
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Elms College comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Elms College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Chicopee. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Elms College, the school also landed the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Social Work in the New England Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.1%. Approximately 395 students take at least one class online at Elms College. About 394 of the students at Elms College are attending part time.
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Salem State University comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. Salem State is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Salem. Salem State not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #6 on our Best Colleges for Social Work in the New England Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.4%. There are approximately 3,979 students at Salem State that take at least one class online. There are roughly 2,253 part time students in attendance at Salem State.
Full Social Work at Salem State University Report
Bridgewater State University comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Located in the large suburb of Bridgewater, Bridgewater State is a public college with a medium-sized student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bridgewater State, the school also landed the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Social Work in the New England Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.7%. There are approximately 3,579 students at Bridgewater State that take at least one class online. There are roughly 2,921 part time students in attendance at Bridgewater State.
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Southern Connecticut State University comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. SCSU is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of New Haven. SCSU also made our Best Colleges for Social Work in the New England Region list, coming in at #3.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.7%. There are approximately 4,172 students at SCSU that take at least one class online. About 2,335 of the students at SCSU are attending part time.
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University of New Hampshire - Main Campus earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. UNH is a large public school located in the small suburb of Durham. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNH, the school also landed the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Social Work in the New England Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.0%. Approximately 3,625 students take at least one class online at UNH. 1,355 students are part time.
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University of Massachusetts - Boston earned the #7 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Boston, UMass Boston is a public school with a large student population. UMass Boston did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our Best Colleges for Social Work in the New England Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.0%. Approximately 2,088 students take at least one class online at UMass Boston. There are roughly 4,332 part time students in attendance at UMass Boston.
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Rhode Island College earned the #8 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the suburb of Providence, RIC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
About 3.0% of RIC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 3,583 students at RIC that take at least one class online. 2,015 students are part time.
Full Social Work at Rhode Island College Report
University of Vermont comes in at #9 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Burlington, UVM is a public school with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UVM, the school also landed the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Social Work in the New England Region ranking.
About 0.6% of UVM students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 3,390 students at UVM that take at least one class online. 1,286 students are part time.
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Plymouth State University earned the #10 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the town of Plymouth, Plymouth State is a public school with a small student population.
About 1.8% of Plymouth State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 2,045 students at Plymouth State that take at least one class online. 479 of Plymouth State students are attending part time.
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