Ranked #24 in popularity, social work is one of the most sought-after bachelor's degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in District of Columbia to determine which ones were the best for social work students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 33 bachelor's degrees in social work during the 2022-2023 academic year.
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
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 bachelor'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 bachelor'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 schools for social work students working on their bachelor's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Social Work Bachelor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Social Work in District of Columbia
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in social work.
Top District of Columbia Schools for a Bachelor's in Social Work
Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in social work has to take a look at Gallaudet University. Gallaudet is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington.
Soon after graduation, social work bachelor's recipients typically earn around $31,903 at the beginning of their careers.
University of the District of Columbia is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in social work. Located in the large city of Washington, University of the District of Columbia is a public university with a small student population.
Bachelor's recipients from the social work degree program at University of the District of Columbia get $7,035 above the standard college grad with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
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).