2025 Best Social Work Master's Degree Schools in Maryland

If you pursue a master's degree in social work, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #3 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Maryland to determine which ones were the best for social work students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 612 master's degrees in social work during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on social work students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of social work students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for social work to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized social work related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for social work students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Social Work Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Social Work Master's Degree Schools in Maryland list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Social Work in Maryland

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in social work.

Top Maryland Schools for a Master's in Social Work

1

Salisbury University
Salisbury, MD

171 Annual Graduates

$51,933 Median Starting Salary

It is hard to beat Salisbury University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in social work. Salisbury is a medium-sized public university located in the small suburb of Salisbury.

Students who graduate with their master's from the social work program state that they receive average early career earnings of $51,933.

More information about a master’s in social work from Salisbury University

2

Morgan State University
Baltimore, MD

83 Annual Graduates

$54,437 Median Starting Salary

Morgan State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in social work. Located in the city of Baltimore, Morgan State is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.

Soon after graduation, social work master's recipients usually earn an average of $54,437 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a master’s in social work from Morgan State University

Best Social Work Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Social Work Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	261	4,471
Pennsylvania	248	1,292
New Jersey	188	1,095
District of Columbia	154	205
Delaware	109	67

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Rankings in Majors Related to Social Work

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Social Work Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Social Work	612

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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. More about our data sources and methodologies.