Most Popular Schools for Social Work Major & Degree Program

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.

Rank	School Name	Students	% of Total	Total On-Campus Cost
1	University of Southern California	1,383	9%	$74,825
2	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	786	7%	$32,443
3	The University of Texas at Arlington	761	6%	$26,660
4	Fordham University	673	15%	$74,265
5	New York University	597	4%	$73,566
6	CUNY Hunter College	578	11%	$22,379
7	Simmons University	557	26%	$59,880
8	Columbia University in the City of New York	515	4%	$76,856
9	Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis	478	7%	$22,537
10	University of Maryland, Baltimore	476	34%	N/A
11	Wayne State University	471	8%	$27,157
12	Aurora University	463	26%	$37,994
13	Arizona State University-Downtown Phoenix	424	12%	$29,984
14	Ohio State University-Main Campus	419	3%	$27,367
15	Our Lady of the Lake University	379	45%	$43,168
16	California State University-Sacramento	356	5%	$26,454
17	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	348	3%	$30,298
18	University of Denver	341	9%	$67,656
19	University of New England	339	25%	$56,560
20	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	338	5%	$31,510
21	Loyola University Chicago	324	7%	$61,328
22	California State University-Los Angeles	323	5%	$26,139
23	Portland State University	316	5%	$26,085
24	Adelphi University	309	13%	$58,430
25	Walden University	297	3%	$13,020
26	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	296	4%	$33,503
27	University of Central Florida	292	2%	$22,548
28	Virginia Commonwealth University	290	4%	$32,041
29	University of South Carolina-Columbia	288	4%	$28,301
30	The University of Alabama	287	3%	$29,872
31	California State University-Long Beach	285	3%	$24,738
32	Stony Brook University	285	4%	$26,091
33	Salisbury University	273	12%	$25,774
34	University of Kansas	270	4%	$26,566
35	Eastern Michigan University	266	6%	$26,196
36	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	266	5%	$24,486
37	Boston College	265	7%	$73,092
38	Boise State University	260	5%	$23,076
39	Case Western Reserve University	259	9%	$67,332
40	Grand Valley State University	257	4%	$24,948
41	Montclair State University	254	5%	$31,704
42	University of Illinois at Chicago	252	4%	$30,866
43	Edinboro University of Pennsylvania	245	17%	$25,600
44	University of Utah	244	3%	$24,472
45	University of Louisville	240	5%	$27,980
46	University of California-Berkeley	238	2%	$38,066
47	CUNY Lehman College	236	7%	$27,857
48	Temple University	235	3%	$33,004
49	Western New Mexico University	233	28%	$22,454
50	Texas State University	232	3%	$23,130
51	Florida Atlantic University	232	3%	$24,235
52	University of Georgia	230	2%	$26,688
53	Boston University	229	2%	$72,618
54	Washington University in St Louis	227	5%	$74,361
55	Western Michigan University	226	4%	$26,009
56	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	223	2%	$30,102
57	Salem State University	221	10%	$27,384
58	San Jose State University	220	2%	$29,193
59	University of Wisconsin-Madison	220	2%	$26,025
60	San Diego State University	219	2%	$29,318
61	University at Buffalo	214	3%	$27,758
62	The University of Texas at Austin	212	1%	$26,506
63	University of Chicago	206	5%	$78,555
64	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	201	4%	$20,471
65	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	198	3%	$29,097
66	University of Pennsylvania	195	3%	$74,408
67	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	194	2%	$27,638
68	SUNY at Albany	193	4%	$26,734
69	Arizona State University-Skysong	192	3%	$27,521
70	Metropolitan State University of Denver	187	5%	$9,066
71	Catholic University of America	186	14%	$64,560
72	California State University-Northridge	182	2%	$22,969
73	University of South Florida-Main Campus	182	2%	$23,320
74	University of Nevada-Reno	182	4%	$25,039
75	Troy University	180	5%	$20,147
76	Utah State University	179	3%	$20,504
77	Northeastern Illinois University	179	9%	$31,531
78	Colorado State University-Fort Collins	174	3%	$26,231
79	Spring Arbor University	174	18%	$41,400
80	Jackson State University	172	11%	$24,029
81	Rhode Island College	170	10%	$23,398
82	California State University-Chico	168	4%	$24,624
83	Widener University	168	13%	$63,422
84	Eastern Washington University	168	6%	$23,011
85	California State University-Fresno	167	3%	$21,418
86	Keuka College	167	25%	$49,120
87	West Chester University of Pennsylvania	165	4%	$27,074
88	University of Akron Main Campus	163	4%	$27,279
89	University of Houston	161	2%	$23,225
90	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	160	2%	$27,476
91	Saint Leo University	160	4%	$39,796
92	Cleveland State University	159	4%	$29,045
93	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	156	2%	$23,977
94	California State University-San Bernardino	156	3%	$23,878
95	Sinclair Community College	154	3%	$3,830
96	Northern Kentucky University	154	5%	$23,244
97	University of Kentucky	153	2%	$30,101
98	Southern Connecticut State University	148	7%	$26,810
99	St Catherine University	148	10%	$52,164
100	Grand Canyon University	148	1%	$32,100

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Social Work program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.