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.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Social Work Master's Degree Schools in Idaho ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 325 master's degrees in social work to qualified students.
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
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to social work students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - How many other social work students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How much debt social work students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized social work related body.
Our complete 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.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Social Work Master's Degree Schools in Idaho list to help you make the college decision.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Social Work in Idaho
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in social work.
Every student who is interested in a master's degree in social work has to look into Boise State University. Located in the medium-sized city of Boise, Boise State is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Social Work master's degree recipients from Boise State University receive an earnings boost of approximately $4,124 above the typical income of social work majors.
Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in social work needs to look into Idaho State University. ISU is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Pocatello.
Master's students who receive their degree from the social work program earn around $49,901 for their early career.
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).
