2023 Best Value Social Work Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Social Work Graduate Certificate School for You
With 2,251 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, social work is the #19 most popular major in Pennsylvania.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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 in Pennsylvania ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Pennsylvania to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for social work students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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2023 Best Value Social Work Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania
Check out the social work graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Social Work
Our 2023 rankings named Millersville University of Pennsylvania the best value school in Pennsylvania for social work students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Millersville, Millersville is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Millersville are $11,934 per year.
Out of the 2 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Pitt graduate students pay an average of $25,248 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Social Work majors at Pitt take out an average of $25,378 in student loans while working on their Graduate Certificate.
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Best Value Social Work Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
Explore all the Best Value Social Work Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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New York | 5,784 |
Maryland | 1,072 |
New Jersey | 1,893 |
District of Columbia | 243 |
Delaware | 100 |
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Social Work Related Majors for Social Work
One of 5 majors within the area of study, social work has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Social Work
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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).
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