Social Work is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #9 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 7 schools in Kansas to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of social work. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 630 degrees in social work during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of social work school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The social work school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Social Work Schools in Kansas.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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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 who is interested in social work has to take a look at University of Kansas. KU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Lawrence. A Best Colleges rank of #141 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means KU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 224 social work students who graduated with this degree at KU in the most recent data year.
Kansas State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in social work. K -State is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Manhattan. A Best Colleges rank of #225 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means K -State is a great university overall.
There were about 50 social work students who graduated with this degree at K -State in the most recent year we have data available.
Wichita State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in social work. WSU is a large public university located in the large city of Wichita. This university ranks 6th out of 47 schools for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
There were about 134 social work students who graduated with this degree at WSU in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat Fort Hays State University if you wish to pursue a degree in social work. FHSU is a fairly large public university located in the town of Hays. A Best Colleges rank of #588 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means FHSU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 54 social work students who graduated with this degree at FHSU in the most recent data year.
Located in the midsize city of Topeka, Washburn University is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 13th out of 47 schools for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
There were about 71 social work students who graduated with this degree at Washburn University in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the distant town of Pittsburg, Pitt State is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 11th out of 47 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
There were approximately 25 social work students who graduated with this degree at Pitt State in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Wichita, Newman University is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 19th out of 47 schools for overall quality in the state of Kansas.
There were about 40 social work students who graduated with this degree at Newman University in the most recent year we have data available.
Social Work is one of 3 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).
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Your choice of social work school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.
