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2023 Best Value Social Work Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$33,628 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,724 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Social Work Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, social work was ranked 4th in Colorado. In fact, 844 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in Colorado to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for social work students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Social Work Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for social work majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Colorado Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Social Work

Our analysis found Colorado State University - Fort Collins to be the best value school for social work students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Colorado. Colorado State is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Fort Collins.

Colorado State graduate students pay an average of $13,313 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Colorado State is ranked #3 for overall quality for social work in Colorado.

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

#2

University of Denver

Denver, CO

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Social Work Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado list. Located in the city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

DU graduate students pay an average of $53,943 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

DU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Social Work Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado list.

Read full report on Social Work at University of Denver

Best Value Social Work Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Value Social Work Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
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 2 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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