2024 Best Social Work Doctor's Degree Schools in Missouri

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in social work, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #42 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Social Work Doctor's Degree Schools in Missouri ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 8 doctor's degrees in social work to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

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 complete 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.

More Ways to Rank Social Work Schools

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 Missouri ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

 

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Social Work in Missouri

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in social work.

Top Missouri Schools for a Doctorate in Social Work

1

Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO

5 Annual Graduates

Washington University in St Louis is a wonderful decision for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in social work. WUSTL is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.More information about a doctorate in social work from Washington University in St Louis

2

Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, MO

1 Annual Graduates

Saint Louis University is a great choice for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in social work. Located in the city of Saint Louis, SLU is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in social work from Saint Louis University

2

University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, MO

2 Annual Graduates

University of Missouri - Columbia is a good decision for students interested in a doctor's degree in social work. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in social work from University of Missouri - Columbia

Best Social Work Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Social Work Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	120	130
Iowa	110	0
Kansas	97	6

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Rankings in Majors Related to Social Work

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Social Work Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Social Work	8

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.