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2023 Most Popular Social Work Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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

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.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Most Popular Social Work Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Southwest Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Social Work program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Social Work Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

Western New Mexico University

Silver City, NM

Our 2023 rankings named Western New Mexico University the most popular school in the Southwest Region for social work students working on their graduate certificate. Western New Mexico University is a small public school located in the town of Silver City.

Of the 67 students majoring in social work at Western New Mexico University, 15% are male and 85% are female.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Arizona State University - Tempe is a great place for social work students working on their graduate certificate. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the city of Tempe.

Of the 10 students majoring in social work at ASU - Tempe, 30% are male and 70% are female.

Full Social Work at Arizona State University - Tempe Report

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at The University of Texas at Arlington helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular social work schools in the Southwest Region . UT Arlington is a very large public school located in the city of Arlington.

Women make up 89% of the social work majors at the school.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular social work schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Social Work at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

Best Social Work Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Texas 2,211
Arizona 577
Oklahoma 185
New Mexico 270

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

Majors Similar 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 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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