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 Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Colorado” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 794 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,172 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Colorado” 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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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Colorado”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Colorado list. DU is a fairly large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 500 masters’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, 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 Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan State University of Denver landed the #2 spot on the list. MSU Denver is a public institution located in Denver, Colorado. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 186 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Social Work at Metropolitan State University of Denver
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Pueblo. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Colorado list. Colorado State University - Pueblo is located in Pueblo, Colorado and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 22 masters’s social work degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Colorado list. Fort Collins, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s social work degrees to 86 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is a fairly large public school situated in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It awarded 0 masters’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%.
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