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2023 Best Value Social Work Master's Degree Schools in Louisiana

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$22,582 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$44,665 Avg Salary

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

Social Work is one of the most popular subjects to study in Louisiana. With 859 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 9th out of all the majors we track in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Social Work Master's Degree Schools in Louisiana to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Louisiana to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for social work students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for social work majors pursuing a master's degree.

Best Louisiana Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Social Work

Our 2023 rankings named Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College the best value school in Louisiana for social work students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Louisiana State University are $13,031 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Louisiana State University is ranked #2 for overall quality for social work in Louisiana.

Full Social Work at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Report

Out of the 4 schools in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern University at New Orleans landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of New Orleans, SUNO is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SUNO are $8,750 per year.

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#3

Grambling State University

Grambling, LA

The excellent master’s degree programs at Grambling State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value social work schools in Louisiana. GSU is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Grambling.

GSU graduate students pay an average of $7,416 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Social Work at Grambling State University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tulane University of Louisiana. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list. Tulane is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New Orleans.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Tulane are $61,130 per year.

Tulane also took the #1 spot in our Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana rankings.

Full Social Work at Tulane University of Louisiana Report

Best Value Social Work Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 753
Virginia 1,010
North Carolina 1,757
Florida 1,569
Tennessee 1,237
Kentucky 1,510
South Carolina 383
Arkansas 405
Alabama 1,173
Mississippi 595
West Virginia 316

One of 5 majors within the area of study, social work has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 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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