by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Colorado” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Colorado, there were 1,096 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 259 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,670 and $29,027 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Colorado” ranking, we looked at 5 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Colorado” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado bachelor’s degree social work students.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Pueblo landed the #1 spot on the list. Colorado State University - Pueblo is a public institution located in Pueblo, Colorado. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 33 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Metropolitan State University of Denver. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Colorado list. Metropolitan State University of Denver is a public institution located in Denver, Colorado. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 105 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Colorado. Fort Collins, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s social work degrees to 98 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Colorado State University - Fort Collins Social Work Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado Mesa University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Colorado list. This medium-sized school is located in Grand Junction, Colorado, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Colorado. UCCS is a fairly large school located in Colorado Springs, Colorado that handed out 0 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.
Read full report on Social Work at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
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