2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Social Work in Virginia

A doctor's degree in social work is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #45 out of 295 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Virginia to determine which ones were the most popular for social work students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 4 doctor's degrees in social work during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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One Size Does Not Fit All

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for social work.

 

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Social Work in Virginia

Learn about the most popular colleges and universities for social work students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Most Well Attended Schools for Social Work Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

Norfolk State University
Norfolk, VA

3 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In VA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in social work needs to look into Norfolk State University. Located in the midsize city of Norfolk, Norfolk State is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in social work in Virginia. More information about a doctorate in social work from Norfolk State University

2

Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA

1 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In VA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in social work has to look into Virginia Commonwealth University. Located in the medium-sized city of Richmond, VCU is a public university with a fairly large student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in social work in Virginia. More information about a doctorate in social work from Virginia Commonwealth University

Best Social Work Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Social Work Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	143	6
Georgia	124	12
North Carolina	113	5
Louisiana	99	19
Tennessee	98	24
Alabama	94	3
South Carolina	88	1
Kentucky	86	9
Mississippi	72	3

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Social Work Related Rankings by Major

Social Work is one of 5 different types of Public Administration & Social Service programs to choose from.

Social Work Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Social Work	4

Most Popular Majors Related to Social Work

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Public Policy	16
Public Administration	13

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.