Social Work

Ranked in 2012 | Social Work Rankings Methodology

In an advanced social work curriculum, students will take courses in social welfare policy, human behavior, and ethics, balanced with hands-on experience in clinical settings. These are the top social work programs.

Rank	School name	Score
#1	University of Michigan–Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	4.4
#1	Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO	4.4
#3	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	4.2

#3	University of Washington Seattle, WA	4.2
#5	Columbia University New York, NY	4.1
#5	University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	4.1
#7	University of California–Berkeley Berkeley, CA	4.0
#7	University of Texas–Austin Austin, TX	4.0
#9	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	3.9
#10	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	3.8
#11	Fordham University New York, NY	3.7
#11	University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA	3.7
#11	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	3.7
#11	University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, WI	3.7
#11	Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA	3.7
#16	Boston University Boston, MA	3.6
#16	CUNY–Hunter College New York, NY	3.6
#16	New York University New York, NY	3.6
#16	Smith College Northampton, MA	3.6
#16	University of California–Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	3.6
#16	University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL	3.6
#16	University of Maryland–Baltimore Baltimore, MD	3.6
#16	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	3.6
#24	University at Albany–SUNY Albany, NY	3.5
#24	University of Illinois–Chicago Chicago, IL	3.5

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