2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” 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 Massachusetts, there were 2,151 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 54 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,678 and $11,688 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid” 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the social work program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Social Work in Massachusetts (With Aid)

#1

Bristol Community College

Fall River, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$7,194 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Bristol Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Bristol is a public institution located in Fall River, Massachusetts. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 33 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Bristol did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Social Work Associate Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. The estimated yearly cost for Bristol is $7,194 for massachusetts associate degree social work students with aid.

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#2

Holyoke Community College

Holyoke, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$7,718 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Holyoke Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in Massachusetts For Those Getting Aid list. Holyoke Community College is a small school located in Holyoke, Massachusetts that handed out 21 associates’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

Holyoke Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Social Work Associate Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. It costs about $7,718 for Massachusetts Associate Degree Social Work students with aid per year to attend Holyoke Community College.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Social Work in the New England Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Social Work (With Aid)

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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