2026 Best Other Social Work Schools in California
Other Social Work is a field worth a close look when choosing where to study. A focused field like this rewards careful comparison of the schools that offer it.
For its 2026 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for other social work students pursuing a degree.
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Best Schools for Other Social Work in California
If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the other social work degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Other Social Work
No school ranked higher than University Of Southern California this year for other social work. Located in the city of Los Angeles, University Of Southern California is a very large private not-for-profit university. Roughly 92% of students complete a degree within six years here. About 21 other social work degrees were awarded at University Of Southern California in the most recent year. Graduates of the other social work program make about $78,196 in their early career. University Of Southern California graduates carry a median of $15,625 in student loans.
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Notes and References
This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on a blend of student outcomes (graduation rate, post-graduation earnings), affordability, and program focus, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 2 schools evaluated.
- 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 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
