2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Social Work in Kentucky

by our College Data Analytics Team

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7 Colleges in Kentucky

706 Master's Degrees

Social Work is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #2 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual looked at 7 colleges and universities when compiling its 2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Social Work in Kentucky ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 706 master's degrees in social work during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Best Master’s Degree Schools List

The social work master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Social Work in Kentucky ranking.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of social work students usually has them for a reason. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

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Associate Degrees in Social Work

Bachelor's Degrees in Social Work

Doctor's Degrees in Social Work

Overall Popularity in Social Work

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for social work.

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Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.

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The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in social work.

University of Louisville
Louisville, KY

208 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In KY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Louisville is a popular option for individuals pursuing a master's degree in social work. Located in the city of Louisville, UofL is a public university with a very large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for master's degrees in social work in Kentucky.

There were approximately 208 social work individuals who graduated with this degree at UofL in the most recent year we have data available.

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Campbellsville University
Campbellsville, KY

204 Annual Master's Degrees

#7 Best Quality In KY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Campbellsville University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in social work. Located in the town of Campbellsville, Campbellsville University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #7 in quality for master's degrees in social work in Kentucky.

There were roughly 204 social work individuals who graduated with this degree at Campbellsville University in the most recent data year.

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University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY

122 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In KY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Kentucky is a popular option for students pursuing a master's degree in social work. UK is a very large public university located in the city of Lexington. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in social work in Kentucky.

There were about 122 social work students who graduated with this degree at UK in the most recent data year.

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Northern Kentucky University
Highland Heights, KY

70 Annual Master's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In KY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Northern Kentucky University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in social work. NKU is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Highland Heights. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #3 in quality for master's degrees in social work in Kentucky.

There were approximately 70 social work students who graduated with this degree at NKU in the most recent year we have data available.

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Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, KY

51 Annual Master's Degrees

#5 Best Quality In KY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Located in the city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public university with a large student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #5 in quality for master's degrees in social work in Kentucky.

There were roughly 51 social work students who graduated with this degree at WKU in the most recent data year.

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Brescia University
Owensboro, KY

30 Annual Master's Degrees

#4 Best Quality In KY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Brescia University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Owensboro. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #4 in quality for master's degrees in social work in Kentucky.

There were roughly 30 social work individuals who graduated with this degree at Brescia University in the most recent data year.

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Spalding University
Louisville, KY

21 Annual Master's Degrees

#6 Best Quality In KY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Spalding is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Louisville. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #6 in quality for master's degrees in social work in Kentucky.

There were about 21 social work students who graduated with this degree at Spalding in the most recent data year.

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Explore all the Most Popular Social Work Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	427	621
Georgia	361	469
North Carolina	323	815
Virginia	305	375
Tennessee	296	513
South Carolina	251	280
Alabama	248	495
Louisiana	235	433
Mississippi	205	125
Arkansas	184	165
West Virginia	154	204

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One of 2 majors within the Social Work area of study, Social Work has other similar majors worth exploring.

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Child Advocacy & Policy	1

Notes and References

The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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