2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Social Work in the Southwest Region

If you pursue a doctor's degree in social work, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #44 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual reviewed 6 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the most popular for doctor's degree seekers in the field of social work. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 20 doctor's degrees in social work during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Social Work School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your doctor's degree in social work matters. We created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Social Work in the Southwest Region ranking to make it a little easier to choose the right one for you.

A high popularity ranking isn't always a sign that a school has a great overall quality ranking for social work, but it does mean that many students are choosing the school for some reason. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

More Ways to Rank Social Work Schools

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. Plus, you can view our other rankings for social work.

 

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Social Work in the Southwest Region

Explore the most popular colleges and universities for social work students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Most Well Attended Schools for Social Work Students Working on Their Doctorate

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The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX

6 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In TX

#1 Best Quality In TX

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at The University of Texas at Austin if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in social work. UT Austin is a very large public university located in the large city of Austin. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in social work in Texas.

There were approximately 6 social work individuals who graduated with this degree at UT Austin in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in social work from The University of Texas at Austin

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The University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, TX

6 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In TX

#4 Best Quality In TX

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in social work has to check out The University of Texas at Arlington. UT Arlington is a fairly large public university located in the city of Arlington. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #4 in quality for doctor's degrees in social work in Texas.

There were roughly 6 social work individuals who graduated with this degree at UT Arlington in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in social work from The University of Texas at Arlington

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Baylor University
Waco, TX

4 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#3 Most Popular In TX

#2 Best Quality In TX

Baylor University is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in social work. Baylor is a large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Waco. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in social work in Texas.

There were about 4 social work students who graduated with this degree at Baylor in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in social work from Baylor University

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University of Houston
Houston, TX

3 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#4 Most Popular In TX

#3 Best Quality In TX

University of Houston is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in social work. UH is a very large public university located in the large city of Houston. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #3 in quality for doctor's degrees in social work in Texas.

There were about 3 social work individuals who graduated with this degree at UH in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in social work from University of Houston

5

Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, AZ

1 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In AZ

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Located in the medium-sized city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public university with a very large student population. More information about a doctorate in social work from Arizona State University - Tempe

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Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, TX

#5 Most Popular In TX

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

TCU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Fort Worth. More information about a doctorate in social work from Texas Christian University

Best Social Work Colleges by State

Explore the most popular social work colleges for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	298	23
Arizona	165	5

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Rankings in Majors Related to Social Work

Social Work is one of 2 different types of Social Work programs to choose from.

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.