2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work in West Virginia (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 West Virginia, there were 350 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 151 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Getting Aid” 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.

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 a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for west virginia master’s degree social work students with aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work in West Virginia (With Aid)

#1

Marshall University

Huntington, West Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$21,162 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marshall University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Getting Aid list. Huntington, West Virginia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s social work degrees to 42 students in 2019-2020.

Marshall University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Marshall University are $21,162.

Full Marshall University Social Work Report

#2

Concord University

Athens, West Virginia

#3 in overall quality

$9,158 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concord University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Getting Aid list. Concord University is a small school located in Athens, West Virginia that handed out 68 masters’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

Concord University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Concord University are $9,158.

Full Concord University Social Work Report

#3

West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$26,154 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, West Virginia University landed the #3 spot on the list. WVU is a public institution located in Morgantown, West Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 41 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

WVU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at WVU are $26,154, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Social Work at West Virginia University

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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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