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2023 Best Value Social Work Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$22,600 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$25,515 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Social Work Undergraduate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 6 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate 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.

2023 Best Value Social Work Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for social work majors pursuing a undergraduate certificate.

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Social Work

#1

Camden County College

Blackwood, NJ

Our analysis found Camden County College to be the best value school for social work students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the United States. Located in the large suburb of Blackwood, Camden County College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Camden County College are $3,744 a year.

Full Social Work at Camden County College Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Passaic County Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Social Work Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the suburb of Paterson, PCCC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at PCCC are $9,390 per year.

PCCC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Social Work Undergraduate Certificate Schools list.

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#3

Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Montclair State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Social Work Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Montclair State is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Montclair.

Montclair State undergraduate students pay an average of $21,418 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Montclair State also did well on our Best Social Work Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Read full report on Social Work at Montclair State University

#4

San Antonio College

San Antonio, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Antonio College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Social Work Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. San Antonio College is a large public school located in the large city of San Antonio.

San Antonio College undergraduate students pay an average of $14,122 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value social work schools in the United States. Located in the city of Cincinnati, UC is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UC are $27,111 per year.

Full Social Work at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus Report

#6

Boston University

Boston, MA

Boston University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Social Work Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Boston U are $59,816 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Boston U also is in the top 5% of our Best Social Work Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking.

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Social Work by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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 6 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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