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2023 Best Value Social Work Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$31,565 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,724 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Social Work Graduate Certificate School for You

With 33,631 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, social work is the #6 most popular major in the United States.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Social Work Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which graduate certificate 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Social Work Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Social Work Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Social Work

#1

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

Our 2023 rankings named University of Wyoming the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for social work students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of Laramie, UW is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW are $17,569 per year.

UW also made our Best Social Work Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #4.

Read full report on Social Work at University of Wyoming

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Social Work Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins.

Colorado State graduate students pay an average of $29,043 in tuition and fees each year.

Colorado State also made our Best Social Work Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #5.

Read full report on Social Work at Colorado State University - Fort Collins

#3

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Out of the 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at U of U are $25,705 a year.

Read full report on Social Work at University of Utah

#4

University of Denver

Denver, CO

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Denver is a great value for social work students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at DU are $53,943 per year.

Read full report on Social Work at University of Denver

Best Social Work Colleges by State

Explore the best social work schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 844
Utah 371
Idaho 318
Montana 28
Wyoming 32

Social Work is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

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 4 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Army Medicine.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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