2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Social Work in the Southwest Region
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In 2019-2020, 56,762 social work students received their degree, making the major the 8th most popular in the country.
Across the Southwest region, there were 6,025 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 2,369 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 34 colleges that offered 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.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the social work program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree social work students.
Top 25 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Social Work in the Southwest Region
Out of the 34 schools in the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, West Texas A&M University landed the #1 spot on the list. West Texas A&M University is located in Canyon, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 48 bachelors’s social work degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree social work students list, West Texas A&M University has also earned the #22 rank in our “Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $12,761 for southwest region bachelor’s degree social work students per year to attend West Texas A&M University.
Out of the 34 schools in the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western New Mexico University landed the #2 spot on the list. Western New Mexico University is a small school located in Silver City, New Mexico that handed out 25 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.
Western New Mexico University also took the #9 spot in our “Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Western New Mexico University is $12,411 for southwest region bachelor’s degree social work students.
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Out of the 34 schools in the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Tarleton State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Tarleton State University is a public institution located in Stephenville, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 84 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tarleton, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $18,979 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Social Work students per year to attend Tarleton.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. Located in Edinburg, Texas, this large public school awarded 121 degrees to qualified bachelors’s social work students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Rio Grande Valley, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UT Rio Grande Valley is $4,514 for southwest region bachelor’s degree social work students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend MSU Texas. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Wichita Falls, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s social work students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree social work students list, MSU Texas has also earned the #23 rank in our “Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $10,045 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Social Work students per year to attend MSU Texas.
Northeastern State University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. NSU is located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 41 bachelors’s social work degrees to qualified students.
NSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #19 on our “Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $9,994 for southwest region bachelor’s degree social work students per year to attend Northeastern State University.
Grand Canyon University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Grand Canyon University is a large school located in Phoenix, Arizona that handed out 297 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.
Grand Canyon University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #15 on our “Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Grand Canyon University is $21,020 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Social Work students.
Angelo State University landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in San Angelo, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 39 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s social work students in 2019-2020.
Angelo State also made our “Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #11. The estimated yearly cost for Angelo State is $13,819 for southwest region bachelor’s degree social work students.
With a ranking of #9, Texas Woman’s University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Denton, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 53 degrees to qualified bachelors’s social work students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at TWU, the school also landed the #12 spot in our “Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas Woman’s University is $9,617 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Social Work students.
Northern Arizona University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #10. This large school is located in Flagstaff, Arizona, and it awarded 148 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at NAU, the school also landed the #10 spot in our “Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for NAU is $12,915 for southwest region bachelor’s degree social work students.
With a ranking of #11, Texas State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas State University is a public institution located in San Marcos, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 111 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas State also made our “Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $15,230 for southwest region bachelor’s degree social work students per year to attend Texas State University.
Lamar University landed the #12 spot on the 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Beaumont, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s social work degrees to 47 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Lamar University, the school also landed the #21 spot in our “Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $12,311 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Social Work students per year to attend Lamar University.
University of Houston - Downtown came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Houston, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 56 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s social work students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH Downtown, the school also landed the #24 spot in our “Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Houston - Downtown is $6,848 for southwest region bachelor’s degree social work students.
University of North Texas did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #14. University of North Texas is located in Denton, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 64 bachelors’s social work degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree social work students list, UNT has also earned the #13 rank in our “Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UNT is $15,086 for southwest region bachelor’s degree social work students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
University of Houston - Clear Lake did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #15. This medium-sized school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.
UH Clear Lake did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #17 on our “Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UH Clear Lake is $10,612 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Social Work students.
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Stephen F Austin State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #16. Stephen F Austin State University is located in Nacogdoches, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 72 bachelors’s social work degrees to qualified students.
SFASU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #20 on our “Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for SFASU is $13,723 for southwest region bachelor’s degree social work students.
With a ranking of #17, Lubbock Christian University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Lubbock, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 16 degrees to qualified bachelors’s social work students in 2019-2020.
LCU also made our “Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #16. It costs about $24,128 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Social Work students per year to attend LCU.
East Central University came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. This small school is located in Ada, Oklahoma, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend East Central University is $10,334 for southwest region bachelor’s degree social work students.
Texas Tech University came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s social work degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.
Texas Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #14 on our “Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $17,571 for southwest region bachelor’s degree social work students per year to attend Texas Tech.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Texas A&M University - Commerce came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Commerce, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s social work degrees to 54 students in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M University - Commerce is $13,017 for southwest region bachelor’s degree social work students.
With a ranking of #21, The University of Texas at Arlington did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. UT Arlington is a large public school situated in Arlington, Texas. It awarded 234 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree social work students list, UT Arlington has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas at Arlington is $14,246 for southwest region bachelor’s degree social work students.
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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus ranked #22 on this year’s Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Norman, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s social work degrees to 50 students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree social work students list, University of Oklahoma has also earned the #18 rank in our “Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $21,145 for southwest region bachelor’s degree social work students per year to attend University of Oklahoma.
The low student loan default rate of 4.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Texas A&M University - Kingsville ranked #23 on this year’s Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Kingsville, Texas, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas A&M Kingsville did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #25 on our “Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M Kingsville is $13,778 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Social Work students.
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New Mexico State University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #24. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 45 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend NMSU Main Campus is $8,659 for southwest region bachelor’s degree social work students.
Southwestern Assemblies of God University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #25. Southwestern Assemblies of God University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Waxahachie, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Southwestern Assemblies of God University is $24,982 for southwest region bachelor’s degree social work students.
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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%.
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- *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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