2025 Best Social Work Bachelor's Degree Schools in Oregon

Social Work is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #23 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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in Oregon ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 135 bachelor's degrees in social work during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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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.
• 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 schools for social work students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Social Work Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Social Work Bachelor's Degree Schools in Oregon list to help you make the college decision.

In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Social Work in Oregon

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in social work.

Top Oregon Schools for a Bachelor's in Social Work

1

Portland State University
Portland, OR

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

94 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Portland State University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in social work. Located in the large city of Portland, Portland State University is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in social work from Portland State University

2

George Fox University
Newberg, OR

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

17 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in social work needs to take a look at George Fox University. GFU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the fringe town of Newberg.More information about a bachelor’s in social work from George Fox University

Best Social Work Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Social Work Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	643	1,514
Washington	521	246
Nevada	201	183
Hawaii	172	102
Alaska	87	47

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Rankings in Majors Related to Social Work

One of 3 majors within the Social Work area of study, Social Work has other similar majors worth exploring.

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.