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2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

7 Ranked Colleges
432 Degrees Awarded
$9,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 Southwest region, there were 6,025 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 432 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in social work. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality social work programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the social work program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree social work students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 7 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

South Texas College

McAllen, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Texas College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. South Texas College is a public institution located in McAllen, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 119 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

South Texas College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Social Work Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend South Texas College is $4,790 for southwest region associate degree social work students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Austin Community College District. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Austin Community College District is a large school located in Austin, Texas that handed out 36 associates’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

Austin Community College District not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Social Work Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $11,596 for southwest region associate degree social work students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Austin Community College District.

Read full report on Social Work at Austin Community College District

#4

Amarillo College

Amarillo, Texas
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Amarillo College landed the #4 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Amarillo, Texas, and it awarded 29 associates’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Amarillo College, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Social Work Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $8,296 for southwest region associate degree social work students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Amarillo College.

Read full report on Social Work at Amarillo College

#5

San Juan College

Farmington, New Mexico
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Juan College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Farmington, New Mexico is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s social work degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.

SJC also took the #6 spot in our “Best Social Work Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $8,400 for southwest region associate degree social work students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend SJC.

Read more about Social Work at San Juan College

#6

Tyler Junior College

Tyler, Texas
#3 in overall quality

Tyler Junior College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking, coming in at #6. Tyler Junior College is a fairly large public school situated in Tyler, Texas. It awarded 38 associates’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree social work students whose families make $75-$110k list, Tyler Junior College has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Social Work Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Tyler Junior College is $13,091 for southwest region associate degree social work students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Social Work at Tyler Junior College

#7

San Antonio College

San Antonio, Texas
#7 in overall quality

San Antonio College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking, coming in at #7. San Antonio College is a fairly large school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 4 associates’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at San Antonio College, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Social Work Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend San Antonio College is $10,977 for southwest region associate degree social work students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Social Work at San Antonio College

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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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