2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Social Work in Illinois

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Illinois” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

With 56,762 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, social work is the 8th most popular major in the United States.

Across Illinois, there were 2,650 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 56 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,469 and $14,548 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in Illinois” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in social work. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality social work programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in Illinois.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Social Work in Illinois

#1

Lake Land College

Mattoon, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$4,468 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lake Land College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in Illinois list. Mattoon, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s social work degrees to 18 students in 2019-2020.

Lake Land College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Social Work Associate Degree Schools in Illinois” list. The yearly cost to attend Lake Land College is $4,468 for Illinois Associate Degree Social Work students.

Full Lake Land College Social Work Report

#2

Southwestern Illinois College

Belleville, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$7,098 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwestern Illinois College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in Illinois list. Southwestern Illinois College is a medium-sized school located in Belleville, Illinois that handed out 10 associates’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

SWIC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Social Work Associate Degree Schools in Illinois” list. The estimated yearly cost for SWIC is $7,098 for Illinois Associate Degree Social Work students.

Full Southwestern Illinois College Social Work Report

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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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