2023 Best Social Work Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
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Ranked Colleges
144
Degrees Awarded
$25,600
Avg Cost*
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Social Work for an Associate” ranking.
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.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent social work programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the social work program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Social Work for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Social Work for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Social Work Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southeast Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Adventist University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Southeast Region for Social Work for an Associate list. Southern Adventist is located in Collegedale, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 associates’s social work degrees to qualified students.
Southern Adventist also made our “Best Social Work Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1.Of the 2,730 students enrolled at Southern Adventist, 39 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 23 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $13,631. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Southern Adventist]](/colleges/southern-adventist-university/student-life/veterans/)
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Notes and References
References
- 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 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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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