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2023 Most Popular Social Work Undergraduate Certificate Schools

34 Colleges
$25,515 Avg Salary
$21,138 Avg Student Debt

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Social Work Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 34 schools in the United States to see which undergraduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Social Work program at each school on the list.

Check out the social work undergraduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.

Our analysis found Sinclair Community College to be the most popular school for social work students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the United States. Sinclair Community College is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Dayton.

Women make up 65% of the social work majors at the school.

On average, social work graduates from Sinclair Community College take out $10,624 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at Passaic County Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular social work schools in the United States. Located in the large suburb of Paterson, PCCC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

About 87% of the students majoring in social work at the school are women while 13% are male.

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#3

San Antonio College

San Antonio, TX

The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at San Antonio College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular social work schools in the United States. San Antonio College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of San Antonio.

Women make up 91% of the social work majors at the school.

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The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at Georgia Northwestern Technical College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular social work schools in the United States. Georgia Northwestern Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Rome.

Women make up 89% of the social work majors at the school.

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#4

El Centro College

Dallas, TX

The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at El Centro College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular social work schools in the United States. Located in the large city of Dallas, El Centro College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 78% of the students majoring in social work at the school are women while 22% are male.

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With a ranking of #6, Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for social work students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the rural area of Helena, Phillips County Community College is a public college with a small student population.

Women make up 71% of the social work majors at the school.

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Mt. Hood Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Social Work Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the suburb of Gresham, MHCC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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Southern Regional Technical College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Social Work Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. Southwest Georgia Technical College is a small public school located in the distant town of Thomasville.

Women make up 83% of the social work majors at the school.

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#8

Clackamas Community College

Oregon City, OR

Clackamas Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for social work students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the suburb of Oregon City, Clackamas Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Women make up 83% of the social work majors at the school.

After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, social work graduates from Clackamas Community College carry an average student debt load of $24,367.

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Athens Technical College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Social Work Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. Athens Technical College is a small public school located in the medium-sized city of Athens.

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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 34 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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