by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Connecticut” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Social Work is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 9th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 57,401 degrees were awarded to students with this major.
Across Connecticut, there were 694 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 252 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,551 and $25,342 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Connecticut” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in social work. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their social work program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The social work school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Connecticut”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut bachelor’s degree social work students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Connecticut State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Connecticut list. Willimantic, Connecticut is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s social work degrees to 47 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Connecticut State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Danbury, Connecticut, and it awarded 44 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Western Connecticut State University Social Work Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Saint Joseph. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Connecticut. Located in West Hartford, Connecticut, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 23 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s social work students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Connecticut State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Connecticut. Southern Connecticut State University is a public institution located in New Haven, Connecticut. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 57 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Connecticut State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in New Britain, Connecticut, this medium-sized public school awarded 52 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s social work students in 2020-2021.
Sacred Heart University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Connecticut ranking. Sacred Heart is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fairfield, Connecticut. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
University of Connecticut ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Connecticut list. University of Connecticut is located in Storrs, Connecticut and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s social work degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.
With a ranking of #8, Fairfield University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Connecticut list. Fairfield, Connecticut is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s social work degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Goodwin College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Connecticut ranking, coming in at #9. Goodwin is located in East Hartford, Connecticut and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s social work degrees to qualified students.
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