2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Social Work in Oregon

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 a Bachelor’s in Oregon” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across Oregon, there were 527 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 162 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon

The colleges and universities below are the best for oregon bachelor’s degree social work students.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Social Work in Oregon

#1

Portland State University

Portland, Oregon

#3 in overall quality

$13,040 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Portland State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Portland State University is a large school located in Portland, Oregon that handed out 118 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

Portland State University also took the #3 spot in our “Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Portland State University is $13,040 for Oregon Bachelor’s Degree Social Work students.

Read more about Social Work at Portland State University

#2

George Fox University

Newberg, Oregon

#2 in overall quality

$30,378 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Fox University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon list. Newberg, Oregon is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s social work degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

GFU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. The estimated yearly cost for George Fox University is $30,378 for Oregon Bachelor’s Degree Social Work students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#3

Pacific University

Forest Grove, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$29,498 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Pacific University landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Forest Grove, Oregon, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

Pacific also took the #1 spot in our “Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Pacific University is $29,498 for oregon bachelor’s degree social work students.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Social Work at Pacific 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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