2025 Best Social Work Schools in North Dakota

Social Work is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #13 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in North Dakota to determine which ones were the best for social work students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 213 degrees in social work to qualified students.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Social Work Schools in North Dakota ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for Social Work in North Dakota

The schools below may not offer all types of social work degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top North Dakota Schools in Social Work

1

University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, ND

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

135 Social Work Degrees Awarded

$57,216 Median Starting Salary

Every student who is interested in social work needs to look into University of North Dakota. Located in the city of Grand Forks, UND is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Social Work degree recipients from University of North Dakota receive an earnings boost of approximately $13,097 above the typical earnings of social work majors.

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2

Minot State University
Minot, ND

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

45 Social Work Degrees Awarded

$44,731 Median Starting Salary

Minot State University is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in social work. MSU is a small public university located in the small city of Minot.

Students who graduate with their degree from the social work program report average early career income of $44,731.

More information about a degree in social work from Minot State University

Best Social Work Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Social Work Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	284	2,131
Missouri	283	920
Kansas	266	623
Iowa	264	519
Nebraska	238	256
South Dakota	204	20

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Social Work Related Rankings by Major

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Social Work Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Social Work	213

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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).
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