2022 Best Vallue Social Work Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Social Work Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 56,762 social work students received their degree, making the major the 8th most popular in the country.

Across the Plains States region, there were 4,557 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 38 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Vallue Social Work Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Vallue Social Work Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Social Work Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income Over $110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Inver Hills Community College

Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$11,486 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Inver Hills Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Social Work Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Inver Hills Community College is a small school located in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota that handed out 4 associates’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at IHCC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Social Work Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for IHCC is $11,486 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Social Work students whose families make more than $110k.

Full IHCC Social Work Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income Over $110k)

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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