by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Florida” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 57,401 social work students received their degree, making the major the 9th most popular in the country.
Across Florida, there were 1,540 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 839 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,395 and $25,950 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Florida” ranking, we looked at 14 colleges that offer 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.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 Florida”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for florida bachelor’s degree social work students.
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida Memorial University landed the #1 spot on the list. Florida Memorial University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Miami Gardens, Florida. It awarded 11 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University landed the #2 spot on the list. Florida A&M University is a medium-sized school located in Tallahassee, Florida that handed out 73 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
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Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida Atlantic University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Boca Raton, Florida, this large public school awarded 176 degrees to qualified bachelors’s social work students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeastern University landed the #4 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Lakeland, Florida, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Warner University landed the #5 spot on the list. Lake Wales, Florida is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s social work degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
The University of West Florida came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Florida ranking. UWF is a fairly large school located in Pensacola, Florida that handed out 58 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
Saint Leo University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Florida ranking. St. Leo University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Leo, Florida. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 42 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Florida Gulf Coast University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Florida ranking. This fairly large school is located in Fort Myers, Florida, and it awarded 37 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Social Work at Florida Gulf Coast University
Florida State University ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Florida list. Florida State is located in Tallahassee, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 98 bachelors’s social work degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%.
University of Central Florida came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Florida ranking. University of Central Florida is located in Orlando, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 132 bachelors’s social work degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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 more about Social Work at University of Central Florida
University of North Florida came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Florida ranking. University of North Florida is a fairly large school located in Jacksonville, Florida that handed out 28 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of South Florida - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Florida ranking, coming in at #12. USF Tampa is a large school located in Tampa, Florida that handed out 70 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Social Work at University of South Florida - Main Campus
Barry University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Florida ranking. Barry University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Miami, Florida. It awarded 8 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
Florida International University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Florida ranking. Florida International University is a large school located in Miami, Florida that handed out 74 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.
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