2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Social Work in the Plains States Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking.

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 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.

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 the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree social work students.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Social Work in the Plains States Region

#1

Inver Hills Community College

Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$11,486 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Social Work Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Inver Hills Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s social work degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

IHCC also made our “Best Social Work Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Inver Hills Community College is $11,486 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Social Work students.

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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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