2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Social Work is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 8th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 56,762 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across Illinois, there were 2,650 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 56 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,469 and $14,548 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $30-$48k) in Illinois

#1

Lake Land College

Mattoon, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$4,007 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Lake Land College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Mattoon, Illinois, and it awarded 18 associates’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

Lake Land College also made our “Best Social Work Associate Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Lake Land College is $4,007 for Illinois Associate Degree Social Work students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#2

Southwestern Illinois College

Belleville, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$6,762 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southwestern Illinois College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Belleville, Illinois, this medium-sized public school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified associates’s social work students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SWIC, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Social Work Associate Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. It costs about $6,762 for Illinois Associate Degree Social Work students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend SWIC.

Read more about Social Work at Southwestern Illinois College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $30-$48k)

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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