Social Work

A program that prepares individuals for the professional practice of social welfare administration and counseling, and that focus on the study of organized means of providing basic support services for vulnerable individuals and groups. Includes instruction in social welfare policy; case work planning; social counseling and intervention strategies; administrative procedures and regulations; and specific applications in areas such as child welfare and family services, probation, employment services, and disability counseling.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 775 institutions across the United States, with a total of 175739 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

457

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

1,882

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

20,089

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

483

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

34,563

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

958

degrees awarded

Other Awards

117,307

awards given

Top Schools for Social Work

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Walden University Minneapolis, MN	3,951
2	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	3,126
3	Fordham University Bronx, NY	2,784
4	The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX	2,570
5	Aurora University Aurora, IL	2,403
6	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	2,157
7	University of Denver Denver, CO	2,139
8	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	2,031
9	CUNY Hunter College New York, NY	1,908
10	Simmons University Boston, MA	1,881
11	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	1,878
12	Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN	1,861
13	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	1,815
14	New York University New York, NY	1,731
15	Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL	1,491
16	Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA	1,299
17	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	1,209
18	California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	1,209
19	Grand Canyon University Phoenix, AZ	1,179
20	Indiana Wesleyan University-National & Global Marion, IN	1,173
21	Yeshiva University New York, NY	1,170
22	Portland State University Portland, OR	1,170
23	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	1,158
24	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	1,149
25	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN	1,131
26	University of Maryland, Baltimore Baltimore, MD	1,098
27	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK	1,050
28	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	1,029
29	Metropolitan State University of Denver Denver, CO	1,026
30	University of Central Florida Orlando, FL	1,008
31	University of Massachusetts Global Irvine, CA	996
32	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA	978
33	Boston University Boston, MA	975
34	Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale, AZ	975
35	Boise State University Boise, ID	945
36	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	939
37	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, TX	939
38	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	933
39	Campbellsville University Campbellsville, KY	912
40	University of Nevada-Reno Reno, NV	891
41	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	882
42	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA	873
43	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	867
44	Adelphi University Garden City, NY	858
45	Wayne State University Detroit, MI	852
46	Salisbury University Salisbury, MD	819
47	Western New Mexico University Silver City, NM	816
48	Troy University Troy, AL	813
49	Our Lady of the Lake University San Antonio, TX	801
50	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	768
51	University of Louisville Louisville, KY	762
52	The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	759
53	Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI	747
54	Widener University Chester, PA	744
55	Liberty University Lynchburg, VA	738
56	University of Georgia Athens, GA	726
57	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	723
58	San Jose State University San Jose, CA	723
59	California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, CA	720
60	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI	705
61	University of Houston Houston, TX	705
62	Pennsylvania Western University California, PA	702
63	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	699
64	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	693
65	University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL	690
66	Baylor University Waco, TX	672
67	Eastern Gateway Community College Steubenville, OH	663
68	Texas State University San Marcos, TX	657
69	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC	654
70	Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO	639
71	Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA	618
72	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	615
73	CUNY Lehman College Bronx, NY	612
74	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	609
75	Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL	603
76	Spring Arbor University Spring Arbor, MI	585
77	George Mason University Fairfax, VA	585
78	Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ	582
79	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	576
80	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	564
81	Rhode Island College Providence, RI	552
82	Montclair State University Montclair, NJ	549
83	University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC	543
84	Cleveland State University Cleveland, OH	540
85	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	537
86	University of Arkansas at Little Rock Little Rock, AR	531
87	California Baptist University Riverside, CA	528
88	University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI	525
89	West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PA	519
90	University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV	516
91	Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, IL	513
92	California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA	510
93	Appalachian State University Boone, NC	498
94	California State University-San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA	498
95	Bridgewater State University Bridgewater, MA	495
96	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	492
97	Southern Connecticut State University New Haven, CT	492
98	Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI	483
99	University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington, NC	483
100	Winthrop University Rock Hill, SC	477