2023 Best Value Social Work Doctor's Degree Schools
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Social Work Doctor's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 33,631 social work students received their degrees and certificates, making the major the #6 most popular in the country.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
The Best Value Social Work Doctor's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 69 schools in the United States to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for social work students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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2023 Best Value Social Work Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States
Check out the social work doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Top 10 Best Social Work Doctor's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Capella University to be the best value school for social work students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the United States. Capella University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the city of Minneapolis.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Capella University are $14,784 per year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Aurora University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Social Work Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Aurora is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Aurora.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Aurora are $14,100 per year.
Aurora excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Social Work Doctor’s Degree Schools list.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of St Thomas Minnesota helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value social work schools in the United States. UST MN is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Saint Paul.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UST MN are $23,736 a year.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of California - Berkeley helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value social work schools in the United States. Located in the midsize city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UC Berkeley are $29,262 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UC Berkeley also did well on our Best Social Work Doctor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for social work students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the fringe town of Kutztown, Kutztown University is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
Kutztown University graduate students pay an average of $16,997 in tuition and fees each year.
With a ranking of #7, University of California - Los Angeles did quite well on this year’s best value schools for social work students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UCLA are $28,138 a year.
UCLA excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Social Work Doctor’s Degree Schools list.
With a ranking of #8, The University of Texas at Austin did quite well on this year’s best value schools for social work students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public school with a very large student population.
UT Austin graduate students pay an average of $22,944 in tuition and fees each year.
UT Austin excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Social Work Doctor’s Degree Schools list.
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Millersville University of Pennsylvania came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Social Work Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the suburb of Millersville, Millersville is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
Millersville graduate students pay an average of $16,794 in tuition and fees each year.
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University of Houston came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Social Work Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. UH is a very large public school located in the city of Houston.
UH graduate students pay an average of $18,871 in tuition and fees each year.
Additional Noteworthy Schools
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Value Social Work Doctor's Degree Schools award.
| Rank | College | Location |
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| 11 | University of Wisconsin - Madison | Madison, WI |
| 12 | Loyola University Chicago | Chicago, IL |
| 13 | Jackson State University | Jackson, MS |
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Social Work Related Majors for Social Work
One of 5 majors within the area of study, social work has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related to Social Work
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Public Administration | 13,571 |
| Public Policy | 3,737 |
| Human Services | 1,277 |
| Community Organization & Advocacy | 741 |
| Other Public Administration | 295 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
- 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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