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. 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 Maryland for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
With 57,401 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, social work is the 9th most popular major in the United States.
Across Maryland, there were 1,072 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 370 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,642 and $26,517 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Social Work Major in Maryland for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in social work. To top this list, a school must have a successful social work program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The social work school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended Social Work Major in Maryland for a Bachelor’s”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Social Work Major in Maryland for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Salisbury University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Social Work Major in Maryland for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Salisbury, Maryland, this medium-sized public school awarded 128 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s social work students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Social Work Major in Maryland for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - Baltimore County landed the #2 spot on the list. UMBC is a public institution located in Baltimore, Maryland. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 86 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Morgan State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Social Work Major in Maryland for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this medium-sized public school awarded 56 degrees to qualified bachelors’s social work students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Coppin State University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Social Work Major in Maryland for a Bachelor’s. Coppin State University is a public institution located in Baltimore, Maryland. The school has a small population, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bowie State University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Social Work Major in Maryland for a Bachelor’s. Located in Bowie, Maryland, this medium-sized public school handed out 25 degrees to qualified bachelors’s social work students in 2020-2021.
Frostburg State University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Social Work Major in Maryland for a Bachelor’s ranking. Frostburg, Maryland is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s social work degrees to 20 students in 2020-2021.
McDaniel College ranked #7 on this year’s Most Well Attended Social Work Major in Maryland for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Westminster, Maryland, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.
Hood College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Social Work Major in Maryland for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #8. Hood is a small school located in Frederick, Maryland that handed out 11 bachelors’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #9, Washington Adventist University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Social Work Major in Maryland for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Takoma Park, Maryland, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s social work students in 2020-2021.
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