by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 the Southwest region, there were 6,305 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 2,478 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 45 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in social work. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in social work.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Tyler, Texas, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 45 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Jarvis Christian College landed the #2 spot on the list. The Bulldogs is a small school located in Hawkins, Texas that handed out 5 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Our Lady of the Lake University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s social work degrees to 44 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A & M University - Central Texas. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region list. Killeen, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s social work degrees to 40 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% 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%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western New Mexico University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region list. Western New Mexico University is a public institution located in Silver City, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 29 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Lubbock Christian University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #7, Northwestern Oklahoma State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region list. Northwestern Oklahoma State University is a small public school situated in Alva, Oklahoma. It awarded 11 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
Howard Payne University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Howard Payne is located in Brownwood, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s social work degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Angelo State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #9. Angelo State University is a fairly large school located in San Angelo, Texas that handed out 47 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
Northeastern State University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Northeastern State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. It awarded 47 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Stephen F Austin State University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region ranking. SFASU is a fairly large public school situated in Nacogdoches, Texas. It awarded 70 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
Prairie View A & M University ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region list. PVAMU is located in Prairie View, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 40 bachelors’s social work degrees to qualified students.
With a ranking of #13, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Edinburg, Texas, and it awarded 155 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%.
Northern Arizona University ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Flagstaff, Arizona, and it awarded 174 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Mary Hardin - Baylor landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Mary Hardin - Baylor is a private not-for-profit institution located in Belton, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The University of Texas at Arlington came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Arlington, Texas, this large public school awarded 286 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s social work students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Tarleton State University landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Tarleton is a fairly large school located in Stephenville, Texas that handed out 70 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #18, Abilene Christian University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Abilene, Texas, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
East Central University ranked #19 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region list. East Central University is a small school located in Ada, Oklahoma that handed out 15 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
Texas Southern University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #20. TSU is located in Houston, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 25 bachelors’s social work degrees to qualified students.
West Texas A&M University landed the #21 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region ranking. West Texas A&M University is located in Canyon, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 44 bachelors’s social work degrees to qualified students.
University of Houston - Downtown ranked #22 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region list. UH Downtown is located in Houston, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 65 bachelors’s social work degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #23, MSU Texas did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region list. MSU Texas is a public institution located in Wichita Falls, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Oral Roberts University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #24. Located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 12 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s social work students in 2020-2021.
Texas A&M University - Commerce ranked #25 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in the Southwest Region list. Commerce, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s social work degrees to 53 students in 2020-2021.
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