by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Social Work Major in the Southeast Region for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 57,401 social work students received their degree, making the major the 9th most popular in the country.
Across the Southeast region, there were 11,414 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 144 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,328 and $20,384 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Social Work Major in the Southeast Region for an Associate” ranking looked at 13 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in social work. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in social work.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Social Work Major in the Southeast Region for an Associate”.
Out of the 13 schools in the Most Well Attended Social Work Major in the Southeast Region for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Military College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Milledgeville, Georgia, this medium-sized public school handed out 37 diplomas to qualified associates’s social work students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 13 schools in the Most Well Attended Social Work Major in the Southeast Region for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Holmes Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Holmes Community College is a public institution located in Goodman, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 32 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Itawamba Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Social Work Major in the Southeast Region for an Associate list. ICC is a small public school situated in Fulton, Mississippi. It awarded 23 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Copiah-Lincoln Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Social Work Major in the Southeast Region for an Associate. Wesson, Mississippi is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s social work degrees to 20 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Social Work at Copiah-Lincoln Community College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Mississippi Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Social Work Major in the Southeast Region for an Associate list. EMCC is a small public school situated in Scooba, Mississippi. It awarded 11 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Social Work at East Mississippi Community College
West Virginia Northern Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Social Work Major in the Southeast Region for an Associate list. This small school is located in Wheeling, West Virginia, and it awarded 7 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
Full West Virginia Northern Community College Social Work Report
Coahoma Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Social Work Major in the Southeast Region for an Associate ranking. Coahoma Community College is a small school located in Clarksdale, Mississippi that handed out 7 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Social Work Major in the Southeast Region for an Associate ranking, coming in at #8. Phillips County Community College is a small school located in Helena, Arkansas that handed out 6 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
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.
Read full report on Social Work at Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas
Southern Adventist University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Social Work Major in the Southeast Region for an Associate ranking, coming in at #9. Southern Adventist is a small school located in Collegedale, Tennessee that handed out 1 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.
Morehead State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Social Work Major in the Southeast Region for an Associate ranking. Morehead State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Morehead, Kentucky. It awarded 52 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #10, Trident Technical College did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Social Work Major in the Southeast Region for an Associate list. Trident Technical College is a fairly large school located in Charleston, South Carolina that handed out 0 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #10, Aiken Technical College did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Social Work Major in the Southeast Region for an Associate list. Aiken Technical College is a small school located in Graniteville, South Carolina that handed out 0 associates’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #10, Lawson State Community College - Birmingham Campus did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Social Work Major in the Southeast Region for an Associate list. Birmingham, Alabama is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s social work degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
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