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2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k

7 Ranked Colleges
606 Degrees Awarded
$26,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master's in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

With 56,762 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, social work is the 8th most popular major in the United States.

Across Missouri, there were 1,059 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 606 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,588 and $39,214 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in social work. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great social work programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the social work program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $0-$30k) in Missouri

#1

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington University in St Louis. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k list. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s social work degrees to 247 students in 2019-2020.

WUSTL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at WUSTL are $56,562, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Social Work at Washington University in St Louis

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Columbia. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Columbia, Missouri, this large public school awarded 102 diplomas to qualified masters’s social work students in 2019-2020.

Mizzou did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mizzou are $27,193, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Social Work at Mizzou

#3

University of Missouri - St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Missouri - St Louis. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k. UMSL is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 61 masters’s social work degrees to qualified students.

UMSL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Missouri - St Louis are $30,154.

Full University of Missouri - St Louis Social Work Report

#6 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Kansas City landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Missouri - Kansas City is a fairly large school located in Kansas City, Missouri that handed out 51 masters’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

UMKC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Missouri - Kansas City are $26,699.

Full University of Missouri - Kansas City Social Work Report

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri State University - Springfield landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Springfield, Missouri, this large public school awarded 31 degrees to qualified masters’s social work students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Missouri State, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Missouri State University - Springfield are $12,042, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Missouri State Social Work Report

#6

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, Missouri
#3 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Saint Louis University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k list. Saint Louis University is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 81 masters’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

SLU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SLU are $22,074.

Read more about Social Work at SLU

#7

Park University

Parkville, Missouri
#7 in overall quality

Park University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Parkville, Missouri, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 33 degrees to qualified masters’s social work students in 2019-2020.

Park University also took the #7 spot in our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Park University are $6,224, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Social Work at Park University

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).
  • 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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • 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.

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