Other Social Work is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #859 out of the 1506 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Other Social Work Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 470 degrees in other social work annually.
Your choice of other social work school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Other Social Work School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The other 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 Other Social Work Schools.
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Best Schools for Other Social Work in the United States
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the other social work degree levels they offer.
Every student who is interested in other social work has to check out University of Washington - Seattle Campus. UW Seattle is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Seattle. A Best Colleges rank of #44 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UW Seattle is a great university overall.
There were about 27 other social work students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent data year.
Marquette University is a good option for students pursuing a degree in other social work. Marquette is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Milwaukee. This university ranks 3rd out of 46 schools for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were approximately 14 other social work students who graduated with this degree at Marquette in the most recent data year.
Improve the lives of individuals, families and communities with the human service tools gained from this online bachelor's from Southern New Hampshire University.
It's difficult to beat Gallaudet University if you want to pursue a degree in other social work. Gallaudet is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington. This university ranks 1077th out of 2,152 schools for overall quality nationwide.
There were roughly 24 other social work students who graduated with this degree at Gallaudet in the most recent data year.
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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Your choice of other social work school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Other Social Work School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
