Social Work is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #3 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Social Work Master's Degree Schools in Oklahoma ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 237 master's degrees in social work during the 2021-2022 academic year.
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
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.
The social work school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Social Work Master's Degree Schools in Oklahoma.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Social Work in Oklahoma
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in social work.
Top Oklahoma Schools for a Master's in Social Work
It's hard to beat University of Oklahoma Norman Campus if you want to pursue a master's degree in social work. Located in the midsize suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Master's recipients from the social work major at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus get $2,231 more than the average college graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.
Every student who is interested in a master's degree in social work has to take a look at Northeastern State University. Located in the town of Tahlequah, NSU is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.
Master's graduates who receive their degree from the social work program make around $48,645 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).
