Social Work is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #13 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Social Work Schools in Oregon ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 536 degrees in social work annually.
The social work program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Social Work rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for social work schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Social Work Schools in Oregon ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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.
The schools below may not offer all types of social work degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Any student pursuing a degree in social work needs to take a look at Portland State University. Located in the city of Portland, Portland State University is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #399 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Portland State University is a great university overall.
There were about 366 social work students who graduated with this degree at Portland State University in the most recent data year. Social Work degree recipients from Portland State University earn a boost of around $10,842 over the average earnings of social work majors.
George Fox University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in social work. GFU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the fringe town of Newberg. This university ranks 9th out of 29 schools for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were roughly 56 social work students who graduated with this degree at GFU in the most recent year we have data available. Social Work degree recipients from George Fox University receive an earnings boost of about $2,001 over the average income of social work majors.
Pacific University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in social work. Pacific is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Forest Grove. A Best Colleges rank of #411 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Pacific is a great university overall.
There were roughly 39 social work students who graduated with this degree at Pacific in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the social work program at Pacific University get $7,388 more than the typical college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.
Clackamas Community College is a good decision for students interested in a degree in social work. Clackamas Community College is a moderately-sized public college located in the large suburb of Oregon City. This college ranks 1273rd out of 2,152 colleges for overall quality nationwide.
There were roughly 31 social work students who graduated with this degree at Clackamas Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
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.
The social work program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Social Work rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for social work schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
