2021 Best Social Work Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest 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 Southwest Region ranking, we looked at 21 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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2021 Best Social Work Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region
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Top 10 Best Social Work Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Our Lady of the Lake University has taken the #1 spot in this year's social work ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the city of San Antonio, OLLU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. OLLU not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #7 on our Best Colleges for Social Work in the Southwest Region list.
The student loan default rate at OLLU is lower than is typical, just 1.4% of students default in three years. 980 of OLLU students are exclusively distance learners. About 319 of the students at OLLU are attending part time.
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The University of Texas at Arlington comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Located in the large city of Arlington, UT Arlington is a public college with a very large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Arlington, the school also landed the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Social Work in the Southwest Region ranking.
About 1.4% of UT Arlington students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 17,309 of UT Arlington students are exclusively distance learners. 22,217 students are part time.
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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. University of Oklahoma is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman. As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Oklahoma, the school also landed the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Social Work in the Southwest Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at University of Oklahoma is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. There are approximately 12,433 students at University of Oklahoma that take at least one class online. About 6,082 of the students at University of Oklahoma are attending part time.
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The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to The University of Texas at Austin. Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public school with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UT Austin has also earned the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Social Work in the Southwest Region ranking.
About 0.8% of UT Austin students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 23,198 students at UT Austin that take at least one class online. There are roughly 3,479 part time students in attendance at UT Austin.
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Texas State University comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. Texas State is a very large public school located in the city of San Marcos. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Texas State has also earned the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Social Work in the Southwest Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.0%. Approximately 21,921 students take at least one class online at Texas State. There are roughly 8,642 part time students in attendance at Texas State.
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Texas Woman's University landed the #6 spot in our 2021 best social work schools for non-traditional students. TWU is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Denton.
About 1.5% of TWU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 6,914 of TWU students are exclusively distance learners. There are roughly 7,329 part time students in attendance at TWU.
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Tarleton State University comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. Located in the remote town of Stephenville, Tarleton is a public college with a large student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.3%. 6,360 students at Tarleton are exclusively online. There are roughly 4,832 part time students in attendance at Tarleton.
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Our rankings recognize Grand Canyon University as the #8 school in this year's rankings. Grand Canyon University is a very large private for-profit school located in the city of Phoenix.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.5%. 79,865 of Grand Canyon University students are exclusively distance learners. About 80,777 of the students at Grand Canyon University are attending part time.
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University of North Texas earned the #9 spot in our 2021 rankings. UNT is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Denton. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UNT has also earned the #8 rank in our Best Colleges for Social Work in the Southwest Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.8%. There are approximately 20,194 students at UNT that take at least one class online. About 12,105 of the students at UNT are attending part time.
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Texas Tech University landed the #10 spot in our 2021 best social work schools for non-traditional students. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public college with a very large student population. Texas Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Colleges for Social Work in the Southwest Region list.
About 1.4% of Texas Tech students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 22,394 students at Texas Tech that take at least one class online. There are roughly 7,077 part time students in attendance at Texas Tech.
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