by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Washington” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 57,401 social work students received their degree, making the major the 9th most popular in the country.
Across Washington, there were 619 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 368 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,852 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Washington” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Washington” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for washington master’s degree social work students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Walla Walla University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Washington list. Walla Walla University is a small school located in College Place, Washington that handed out 82 masters’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Washington University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Washington list. This fairly large school is located in Cheney, Washington, and it awarded 121 masters’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, 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 University of Washington - Tacoma Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Washington. UW Tacoma is a public institution located in Tacoma, Washington. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 52 masters’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%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Seattle University landed the #4 spot on the list. Seattle U is a private not-for-profit institution located in Seattle, Washington. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 20 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. 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.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s social work degrees to 93 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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%.
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