2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work in Arizona

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Arizona” ranking - to help you make that 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 Arizona, there were 1,236 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 583 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,233 and $38,981 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Arizona” ranking analyzed 2 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 Master’s in Arizona

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Arizona.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work in Arizona

#1

Arizona State University - Skysong

Scottsdale, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$6,724 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Skysong. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Arizona. Arizona State University - Skysong is located in Scottsdale, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 328 masters’s social work degrees to qualified students.

ASU - Skysong not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Arizona State University - Skysong are $6,724, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full ASU - Skysong Social Work Report

#2

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$19,489 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Arizona University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Arizona list. Flagstaff, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s social work degrees to 42 students in 2019-2020.

NAU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Northern Arizona University are $19,489.

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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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