by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Arkansas” 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 Arkansas, there were 419 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 125 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,270 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Arkansas” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Arkansas” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for arkansas master’s degree social work students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas at Little Rock landed the #1 spot on the list. Little Rock, Arkansas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s social work degrees to 51 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Arkansas State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Jonesboro, Arkansas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s social work degrees to 40 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas landed the #3 spot on the list. Fayetteville, Arkansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s social work degrees to 34 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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