Social Work is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #9 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in Colorado to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of social work. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,166 degrees in social work annually.
Your choice of social work school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for social work schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Social Work Schools in Colorado list, to help you choose the best school for you.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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The schools below may not offer all types of social work degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It's difficult to beat Colorado State University - Fort Collins if you want to pursue a degree in social work. Colorado State is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins. A Best Colleges rank of #178 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Colorado State is a great university overall.
There were about 152 social work students who graduated with this degree at Colorado State in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in social work needs to take a look at Metropolitan State University of Denver. MSU Denver is a fairly large public university located in the city of Denver. A Best Colleges rank of #1497 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means MSU Denver is a great university overall.
There were approximately 293 social work students who graduated with this degree at MSU Denver in the most recent year we have data available.
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Colorado State University - Pueblo is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in social work. Colorado State University - Pueblo is a medium-sized public university located in the midsize city of Pueblo. This university ranks 27th out of 31 colleges for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were approximately 74 social work students who graduated with this degree at Colorado State University - Pueblo in the most recent year we have data available.
Colorado Mesa University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in social work. Located in the city of Grand Junction, Colorado Mesa is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 26th out of 31 colleges for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were roughly 18 social work students who graduated with this degree at Colorado Mesa in the most recent year we have data available.
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.
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Your choice of social work school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for social work schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
