by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
With 57,401 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, social work is the 9th most popular major in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 11,414 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 144 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 13 colleges that offered a degree in social work. That schools that top this list have a program in social work in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree social work students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Copiah-Lincoln Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southeast Region. Copiah-Lincoln Community College is located in Wesson, Mississippi and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 20 associates’s social work degrees to qualified students.
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Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Holmes Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Holmes Community College is located in Goodman, Mississippi and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 32 associates’s social work degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia Military College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southeast Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Milledgeville, Georgia, and it awarded 37 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Virginia Northern Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southeast Region. West Virginia Northern Community College is a small public school situated in Wheeling, West Virginia. It awarded 7 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Itawamba Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Fulton, Mississippi, this small public school handed out 23 degrees to qualified associates’s social work students in 2020-2021.
Coahoma Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #6. Coahoma Community College is located in Clarksdale, Mississippi and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 associates’s social work degrees to qualified students.
Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #7. Phillips County Community College is a small school located in Helena, Arkansas that handed out 6 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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With a ranking of #8, East Mississippi Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southeast Region list. East Mississippi Community College is a public institution located in Scooba, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Southern Adventist University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Collegedale, Tennessee is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s social work degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.
Aiken Technical College ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southeast Region list. Aiken Technical College is a small public school situated in Graniteville, South Carolina. It awarded 0 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #10, Trident Technical College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southeast Region list. This fairly large school is located in Charleston, South Carolina, and it awarded 0 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
Morehead State University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Morehead, Kentucky is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s social work degrees to 52 students in 2020-2021.
Lawson State Community College - Birmingham Campus ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southeast Region list. Lawson State Community College - Birmingham Campus is located in Birmingham, Alabama and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s social work degrees to qualified students.
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