2023 Most Popular Social Work Schools in the Plains States Region
Finding the Best Social Work 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.
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The Most Popular Social Work Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 34 schools in the Plains States Region to see which 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.
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2023 Most Popular Social Work Schools in the Plains States Region
Check out the social work programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Plains States Region .
Top 10 Most Popular Social Work Schools
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Washington University in St Louis. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Social Work Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
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Out of the 34 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kansas landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Lawrence, KU is a public college with a very large student population.
The excellent programs at University of St Thomas Minnesota helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best social work schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the city of Saint Paul, UST MN is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.
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Out of the 34 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public school with a fairly large student population.
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for social work students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public school with a fairly large student population.
With a ranking of #7, University of Nebraska at Omaha did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for social work students. UNOMAHA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Omaha.
Augsburg University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Social Work Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Augsburg is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
University of North Dakota did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for social work students. It came in at #9 on the list. UND is a fairly large public school located in the city of Grand Forks.
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Saint Louis University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Social Work Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the large city of Saint Louis, SLU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Best Social Work Colleges by State
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Missouri | 533 |
| Minnesota | 1,484 |
| Iowa | 225 |
| Kansas | 337 |
| Nebraska | 106 |
| North Dakota | 74 |
| South Dakota | 0 |
Majors Related to Social Work
Social Work is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related 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 25 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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