a doctor's degree in social work is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #42 out of 306 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Minnesota to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of social work. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 130 doctor's degrees in social work during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor'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 doctor'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 much debt social work students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
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 doctor'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 Doctor's Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Social Work in Minnesota
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in social work.
Top Minnesota Schools for a Doctorate in Social Work
University of St Thomas Minnesota is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in social work. UST MN is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Saint Paul.
Soon after graduating, social work doctorate recipients typically make an average of $78,174 in their early careers.
Capella University is a good decision for students interested in a doctor's degree in social work. Capella University is a very large private for-profit university located in the city of Minneapolis.
Social Work doctor's degree recipients from Capella University receive an earnings boost of around $2,717 over the average earnings of social work majors.
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).