Cheap online MSW pleaee help guys

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  1. Dr M

    Dr M New Member

    I live in New Jersey and got into Rutgers blended online programin MSW last week but my status is international ( on a visa) and that means no financial aid. I had to refuse admission because of finance as my loan would come up to $50,000 in all. $38,000 is the tuition plus books, commute in 2nd and 3rd year and daycare for my child.

    Feeling really upset:-(
     
  2. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

  3. Dr M

    Dr M New Member

    Thank you Kizmet. I saw that list it's good but my budget is so
    Low :-(
    I am looking for something less than $10k and online I know that's impossible to
    Find in USA but still trying to look

    I spoke with university of north Dakota and their total cost is 30k

    Desperately looking

    Btw this is my dads account that's why the name dr m
     
  4. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

    You're going to have to look at non-US degrees then. Start with UNISA

    Unisa Online - Social Work

    However, before you get too deep into this research you had better have a long chat with your state licensing board because you can not simply assume that a non-US MSW will qualify you for licensure where you live (or anywhere else for that matter).
     
  5. Dr M

    Dr M New Member

    Thank you Kizmet thats very upsetting for me. I really Assumed there will be something in US that I could afford

    Are all masters that expensive in US?
     
  6. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

    All Masters? No. All MSWs? Yes.
     
  7. Jonathan Whatley

    Jonathan Whatley Well-Known Member

    Remember, a standard MSW is 60 semester hours, with perhaps 15 sh available in advanced standing for holding a BSW or comparable grounds. Master's degrees in many other subjects are often 36 sh, with exceptions in a band between 30 and 39 sh.

    Licensure-track programs in professional counseling or marriage and family therapy are similarly 48-60, and like social work have significant practicum requirements.

    Could you reach your goals with a master's degree in a related subject? For a 30-39 semester hour master's in a related subject, you might consider programs in human services (non-licensure), psychology (general academic studies in psychology; non-licensure), health studies/health management (not public health), education, sociology, criminology/criminal justice, human ecology, women's studies, child studies, youth development, nonprofit management, conflict resolution, international development, political science, and legal studies (not law).
     
  8. Dr M

    Dr M New Member

    Jonathan thank you!

    I am very sure I do not want to become a therapist so your advice is very helpful. I woukd prefer to do the cheapest possible online masters ( or part online part campus) from an accredited university in US in less time. I live in NEw Jersey but again because of the cost of school plus the cost of daycare I am not able to join a traditional program here.
    I feel so upset about having to refuse the MSW at Rutgers, the classes would be starting tomorrow. $40,000 was just not imaginable for me and when we met them they said they dont get any funding for social work programs
     
  9. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

    So you're saying that you want ANY masters degree? If it's not SW then what?
     
  10. Chip

    Chip Administrator

    Take a look at Memorial University, in St. John's, Newfoundland (Canada). They have a mostly-online MSW that, if memory serves me, is about $5000 all in. You would have to add to that the cost of round-trip airfare to St. Johns for a 10 day on-campus residency. The program is well regarded among those in the field, and pretty rigorous, but the distance-based program is mostly unknown outside of Newfoundland. I am near certain it is accredited by CSWE (the US programmatic accreditor for social work programs.)
     
  11. Dr M

    Dr M New Member

    Thank you Chip am looking at this program it sounds interesting.

    Kizmet no not any MS but i have kept many options open because i do not have a gre/gmat and financial issues.
    I was thinking MSW, masters in management or non profit management..something along these.

    I am not a green card holder or citizen of US as well.
     
  12. Dr M

    Dr M New Member

    Anyone else?
     
  13. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

    There are already lots of existing threads on MBAs, etc. You should consider going to that forum and reading a bit.

    Business and MBA degrees
     
  14. Dr M

    Dr M New Member

    The memorial univ at newfoundland needs a BSW for their MSW program:-(

    Now I am looking at non profit management or a cheaper mba
     
  15. Jonathan Whatley

    Jonathan Whatley Well-Known Member

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