2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Social Work for a Master’s
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Ranked Colleges
77
Degrees Awarded
$29,800
Avg Cost*
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Social Work for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Rhode Island, there were 187 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 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.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the social work program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Social Work for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for rhode island master’s degree vets studying social work.
Top 1 Best Social Work Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Rhode Island
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rhode Island College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Rhode Island for Social Work for a Master’s list. RIC is located in Providence, Rhode Island and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 77 masters’s social work degrees to qualified students.
RIC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” ranking.According to our most recent data, RIC supports 7,072 students, and 206 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 82 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,369. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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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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