by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Kansas” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Kansas, there were 630 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 331 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,354 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Kansas” ranking looked at 5 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Kansas” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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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 Kansas”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Newman University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Kansas list. Newman University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Wichita, Kansas. It awarded 33 masters’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, 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 Washburn University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Kansas. Topeka, Kansas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s social work degrees to 39 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kansas. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Kansas. KU is located in Lawrence, Kansas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 164 masters’s social work degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Wichita State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Wichita, Kansas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s social work degrees to 69 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Fort Hays State University landed the #5 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Hays, Kansas, and it awarded 26 masters’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
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