2023 Best Value Social Work Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Social Work Master's Degree 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Social Work Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 13 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for social work students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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.
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2023 Best Value Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Social Work Master's Degree Colleges.
Top 10 Best Social Work Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Brigham Young University - Provo to be the best value school for social work students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . BYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Provo.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at BYU are $7,700 per year.
BYU also made our Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #3.
Out of the 13 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwest Nazarene University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Nampa, NNU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
NNU graduate students pay an average of $10,964 in tuition and fees each year.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Metropolitan State University of Denver helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value social work schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the large city of Denver, MSU Denver is a public college with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at MSU Denver are $12,792 per year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wyoming. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the remote town of Laramie, UW is a public college with a large student population.
UW graduate students pay an average of $17,569 in tuition and fees each year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Pueblo. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado State University - Pueblo is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Pueblo.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Colorado State University - Pueblo are $19,773 per year.
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University of Utah did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for social work students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public college with a fairly large student population.
U of U graduate students pay an average of $25,705 in tuition and fees each year.
Utah State University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. USU is a very large public school located in the city of Logan.
USU graduate students pay an average of $23,225 in tuition and fees each year.
With a ranking of #8, Colorado State University - Fort Collins did quite well on this year’s best value schools for social work students working on their master’s degree. Colorado State is a very large public school located in the city of Fort Collins.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Colorado State are $29,043 per year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Colorado State is ranked #5 for overall quality for social work in the Rocky Mountains Region .
With a ranking of #9, Boise State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for social work students working on their master’s degree. Boise State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Boise.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Boise State are $26,558 a year.
With a ranking of #10, Utah Valley University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for social work students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Orem, UVU is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UVU are $22,005 per year.
Best Social Work Colleges by State
Explore the best social work schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Colorado | 844 |
Utah | 371 |
Idaho | 318 |
Montana | 28 |
Wyoming | 32 |
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Majors Related to Social Work
Social Work is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 13 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.
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