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Best Value Social Work Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

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2023 Best Value Social Work Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$59,816 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$25,515 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Social Work Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Social Work is the #13 most popular major in the country with 58,326 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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.

The Best Value Social Work Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision.

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.

Check out the social work undergraduate certificate programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Social Work Undergraduate Certificate School

#1

Boston University

Boston, MA

Our 2023 rankings named Boston University the best value school in the New England Region for social work students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Boston U undergraduate students pay an average of $59,816 in tuition and fees each year.

Boston U also claimed a spot on our Best Social Work Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

Read full report on Social Work at Boston University

Best Social Work Colleges by State

Explore the best social work colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 2,067
Connecticut 694
New Hampshire 171
Maine 352
Rhode Island 215
Vermont 121

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 values are for the top school 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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