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2023 Most Popular Online Social Work Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

2 Colleges
$48,724 Avg Salary
$25,500 Avg Student Debt

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

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Online Social Work Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online social work graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Plains States Region .

Our analysis found University of Missouri - Columbia to be the most popular school for social work students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the Plains States Region . Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

About 75% of the students majoring in social work at the school are women while 25% are male.

Full Social Work at University of Missouri - Columbia Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a great place for social work students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the city of Lincoln, UNL is a public school with a very large student population.

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Explore the most popular online social work schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 533
Minnesota 1,484
Iowa 225
Kansas 337
Nebraska 106
North Dakota 74
South Dakota 0

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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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