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2023 Best Value Social Work Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Dakota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$9,380 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,612 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Social Work Bachelor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 258 degrees and certificates were awarded to social work students who went to a North Dakota college or university. This makes it the #13 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Social Work Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Dakota ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in North Dakota to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for social work students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Dakota

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Social Work Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Best North Dakota Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Social Work

Our 2023 rankings named Minot State University the best value school in North Dakota for social work students working on their bachelor’s degree. MSU is a small public school located in the town of Minot.

MSU undergraduate students pay an average of $8,163 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, social work graduates from MSU carry an average student debtload of $26,962.

MSU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Dakota list.

Full Social Work at Minot State University Report

#2

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND

Out of the 2 schools in North Dakota that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Dakota landed the # 2 spot on the list. UND is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Grand Forks.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UND are $10,596 a year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, social work majors at UND accumulate an average of around $27,649 in student debt.

UND also took the #4 spot in our Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Dakota rankings.

Full Social Work at University of North Dakota Report

Best Value Social Work Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 924
Minnesota 2,131
Kansas 623
Iowa 553
Nebraska 262
South Dakota 20

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

Majors Similar to Social Work

Related Major Annual Graduates
Public Administration 16,905
Human Services 13,238
Public Policy 6,430
Community Organization & Advocacy 3,096
Other Public Administration 588

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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