2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Social Work in the New England Region

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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the New England Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 57,401 social work students received their degree, making the major the 9th most popular in the country.

Across the New England region, there were 3,676 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 91 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,618 and $16,599 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in social work. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in social work.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the New England Region”.

Top 6 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Social Work in the New England Region

1

Capital Community College
Hartford, Connecticut

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Capital Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Hartford, Connecticut, this small public school handed out 18 degrees to qualified associates’s social work students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Social Work at Capital Community College

2

Manchester Community College
Manchester, Connecticut

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Manchester Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. MCC is located in Manchester, Connecticut and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 associates’s social work degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Social Work at Manchester Community College

3

Holyoke Community College
Holyoke, Massachusetts

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Holyoke Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Holyoke, Massachusetts, and it awarded 17 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Social Work at Holyoke Community College

4

Bristol Community College
Fall River, Massachusetts

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bristol Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the New England Region. Bristol is located in Fall River, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 27 associates’s social work degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Social Work at Bristol

5

Community College of Rhode Island
Warwick, Rhode Island

Top 25% overall quality in New England

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Community College of Rhode Island. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the New England Region. CCRI is a fairly large school located in Warwick, Rhode Island that handed out 12 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Community College of Rhode Island Social Work Report

6

Northern Essex Community College
Haverhill, Massachusetts

Northern Essex Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Haverhill, Massachusetts, this small public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified associates’s social work students in 2020-2021.

Full NECC Social Work Report

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Social Work

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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