2024 Best Social Work Doctor's Degree Schools in Minnesota

If you pursue a doctor's degree in social work, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #38 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

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.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

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.
• 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 colleges 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 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

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

Top Minnesota Schools for a Doctorate in Social Work

1

University of St Thomas Minnesota
Saint Paul, MN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

18 Annual Graduates

University of St Thomas Minnesota is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in social work. UST MN is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Saint Paul.More information about a doctorate in social work from University of St Thomas Minnesota

2

Capella University
Minneapolis, MN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

69 Annual Graduates

Capella University is a good option for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in social work. Capella University is a fairly large private for-profit university located in the large city of Minneapolis.More information about a doctorate in social work from Capella University

3

Walden University
Minneapolis, MN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

40 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Walden University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in social work. Walden University is a very large private for-profit university located in the large city of Minneapolis.More information about a doctorate in social work from Walden University

Best Social Work Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Iowa	177	0
Missouri	175	8
Kansas	134	6

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Rankings in Majors Related to Social Work

One of 3 majors within the Social Work area of study, Social Work has other similar majors worth exploring.

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.