2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region 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 the Rocky Mountains region, there were 2,244 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,140 and $97,138 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in social work. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent social work programs, but they also 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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Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $30-$48k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

#2 in overall quality

$24,695 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Utah. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k. This large school is located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

U of U also made our “Best Social Work Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Utah are $24,695, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Social Work at U of U

#2

Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Fort Collins, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$28,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Fort Collins, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s social work degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Colorado State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Social Work Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State University - Fort Collins are $28,055.

Read more about Social Work at Colorado State

#3

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$52,899 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Denver. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s social work degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

DU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Social Work Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at DU are $52,899.

Full DU Social Work Report

• Best Value Doctor’s 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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