2024 Best Social Work Schools in District of Columbia
2Colleges in District of Columbia
243Social Work Degrees Awarded
$47,600Avg Early-Career Salary
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.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Social Work Schools in District of Columbia ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 243 degrees in social work to qualified students.
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 District of Columbia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Social Work in District of Columbia
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.
Howard University is a great option for students pursuing a degree in social work. Howard is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington.
Degree recipients from the social work degree program at Howard University get $5,707 above the average college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.
Gallaudet University is a great choice for students interested in a degree in social work. Gallaudet is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington.
Students who graduate with their degree from the social work program report average early career income of $38,472.
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.
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