2023 Best Other Social Work Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly for Other Social Work for a Master’s” ranking.

In 2020-2021, 440 people earned their degree in other social work, making the major the 859th most popular in the United States.

This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Other Social Work for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in other social work. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other social work programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the other social work program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Veteran Friendly for Other Social Work for a Master’s

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

Top 2 Best Other Social Work Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, Washington

1,283 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Other Social Work for a Master’s. UW Seattle is a large public school situated in Seattle, Washington. It awarded 27 masters’s other social work degrees in 2020-2021.

UW Seattle also made our “Best Other Social Work Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1.Among the 48,149 students enrolled at UW Seattle, 1,283 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 769 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $14,190. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Washington - Seattle Campus]](/colleges/university-of-washington-seattle-campus/student-life/veterans/)

2

California State University - San Bernardino
San Bernardino, California

400 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Other Social Work for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - San Bernardino landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in San Bernardino, California, and it awarded 2 masters’s other social work degrees in 2020-2021.

CSUSB did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Other Social Work Master’s Degree Schools” list.Of the 19,689 students enrolled at California State University - San Bernardino, 400 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 170 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,274. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full CSUSB Veteran Student Life Report

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

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