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2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Social Work for a Bachelor’s

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Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Social Work for a Bachelor's

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Social Work for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Idaho, there were 563 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,832 and $27,649 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 199 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,020 and $24,050 respectively.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Social Work for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in social work. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent social work programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the social work program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Social Work for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Social Work for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 5 Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Idaho

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Out of the 5 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Social Work for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Boise State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Boise, Idaho is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s social work degrees to 62 students in 2020-2021.

Boise State also made our “Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Idaho” list, coming in at #1.Among the 24,069 students enrolled at Boise State University, 1,134 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 798 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,559. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Boise State University offers credit for military training for eligible students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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Idaho State University
Pocatello, Idaho

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Social Work for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Idaho State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Pocatello, Idaho is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s social work degrees to 22 students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ISU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Idaho” ranking.Among the 11,766 students enrolled at ISU, 422 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 221 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,419. To help with additional expenses, 4 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. ISU does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Social Work for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwest Nazarene University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Nampa, Idaho, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 15 degrees to qualified bachelors’s social work students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NNU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Idaho” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 80 of the 2,109 students enrolled at NNU were GI Bill® students, of which 57 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,130. During this same period, 5 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. NNU does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Social Work for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Lewis - Clark State College landed the #4 spot on the list. Lewis - Clark State College is located in Lewiston, Idaho and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 44 bachelors’s social work degrees to qualified students.

Lewis - Clark State College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Idaho” list.Our most recent data shows that 168 of the 3,856 students enrolled at Lewis - Clark State College were GI Bill® students, of which 88 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,079. On top of their other funding sources, 14 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Lewis - Clark State College does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Idaho. The school came in at #5 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Idaho for Social Work for a Bachelor’s. BYU - I is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Rexburg, Idaho. It awarded 56 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.

BYU - I did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Idaho” list.Our most recent data shows that 471 of the 44,481 students enrolled at BYU - I were GI Bill® students, of which 200 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,677. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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