2023 Best Value Social Work Graduate Certificate Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Social Work Graduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, 58,326 people earned a degree or certificate in social work, making the major the #13 most popular in the United States.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
The Best Value Social Work Graduate Certificate Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 37 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate 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.
Top 10 Best Social Work Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Western New Mexico University the best value school in the United States 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.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Western New Mexico University are $10,335 a year.
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Our 2023 rankings named Montclair State University the best value school in the United States for social work students working on their graduate certificate. Montclair State is a very large public school located in the suburb of Montclair.
Montclair State graduate students pay an average of $13,519 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Aurora University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Social Work Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Aurora, Aurora is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.
Aurora graduate students pay an average of $14,100 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Berkeley. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Social Work Graduate Certificate Schools list. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Berkeley.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UC Berkeley are $29,262 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, UC Berkeley is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Social Work Graduate Certificate Schools list.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of North Alabama is a great value for social work students working on their graduate certificate. UNA is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Florence.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNA are $13,860 per year.
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University of Nebraska at Omaha did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for social work students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. UNOMAHA is a large public school located in the large city of Omaha.
UNOMAHA graduate students pay an average of $16,374 in tuition and fees each year.
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University of Wyoming came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Social Work Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the remote town of Laramie, UW is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW are $17,569 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UW also is in the top 20% of our Best Social Work Graduate Certificate Schools ranking.
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Florida Atlantic University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for social work students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. FAU is a very large public school located in the city of Boca Raton.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at FAU are $18,482 per year.
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With a ranking of #9, University of Arkansas at Little Rock did quite well on this year’s best value schools for social work students working on their graduate certificate. UA Little Rock is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Little Rock.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UA Little Rock are $14,884 a year.
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With a ranking of #10, Millersville University of Pennsylvania did quite well on this year’s best value schools for social work students working on their graduate certificate. Millersville is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Millersville.
Millersville graduate students pay an average of $16,794 in tuition and fees each year.
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Majors Related to Social Work
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 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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