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 Nebraska” 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 Nebraska, there were 256 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 151 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,581 and $29,351 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Nebraska” ranking looked at 6 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 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 Nebraska”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for nebraska bachelor’s degree social work students.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Nebraska that were part of this year’s ranking, Nebraska Wesleyan University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Lincoln, Nebraska, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 26 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s social work students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska at Kearney. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Nebraska. This medium-sized school is located in Kearney, Nebraska, and it awarded 44 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Union College Nebraska. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Nebraska list. Union College is located in Lincoln, Nebraska and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s social work degrees to qualified students.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Chadron State College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Nebraska. Chadron State College is a public institution located in Chadron, Nebraska. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Nebraska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska at Omaha landed the #5 spot on the list. Omaha, Nebraska is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s social work degrees to 49 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Creighton University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Nebraska ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Omaha, Nebraska, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 14 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s social work 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 low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%.
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