Bachelor's Social Work Programs with the Highest First-Year Earnings

Bachelor's Social Work Programs with the Highest First-Year Earnings, ranked by median first-year earnings. College Scorecard field-of-study data for this credential only. Earnings are measured after completion among federally aided completers working and not enrolled. Suppressed values are excluded. Debt and earnings can describe different cohorts. Only Social Work programs at the stated credential level are included; no institution-wide earnings are substituted. This page lists all 339 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

1University of North DakotaGrand Forks, North Dakota$49,69577%—$19k$64k60%9,981245 mi 2San Francisco State UniversitySan Francisco, California$48,75096%—$12k$68k50%18,6392 mi 3University of Alaska FairbanksFairbanks, Alaska$48,151——$11k$49k38%4,207236 mi 4Seton Hall UniversitySouth Orange, New Jersey$47,73473%1322$31k$70k69%6,0367 mi 5Metropolitan State UniversitySaint Paul, Minnesota$47,63799%1020$17k$65k44%5,616131 mi 6Bemidji State UniversityBemidji, Minnesota$47,19256%1090$15k$54k48%3,139139 mi 7Viterbo UniversityLa Crosse, Wisconsin$46,38472%1190$21k$56k68%1,249167 mi 8Southwest Minnesota State UniversityMarshall, Minnesota$46,36862%1050$15k$51k45%2,315238 mi 9University of the District of ColumbiaWashington, District of Columbia$45,973——$11k$44k33%3,3513 mi 10University of Wisconsin-River FallsRiver Falls, Wisconsin$45,87082%1150$14k$54k57%4,205131 mi 11University of Alaska AnchorageAnchorage, Alaska$45,565——$15k$52k30%7,2124 mi 12Salem State UniversitySalem, Massachusetts$45,45096%—$16k$57k50%4,291< 1 mi 13The College of Saint ScholasticaDuluth, Minnesota$45,37193%1120$28k$66k71%1,7651 mi 14Bethel UniversitySaint Paul, Minnesota$45,25988%1249$29k$64k71%1,871127 mi 15University of Massachusetts-BostonBoston, Massachusetts$45,22784%1194$18k$66k49%11,512< 1 mi 16St Olaf CollegeNorthfield, Minnesota$45,14648%1380$24k$66k84%3,093165 mi 17University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California$44,90611%—$13k$92k93%33,0682 mi 18CUNY York CollegeJamaica, New York$44,74264%880$4k$57k32%4,3454 mi 19Minot State UniversityMinot, North Dakota$44,73165%1051$13k$52k45%2,062440 mi 20Winona State UniversityWinona, Minnesota$44,54675%—$18k$59k57%5,144180 mi 21University of Nevada-Las VegasLas Vegas, Nevada$44,42796%1094$10k$55k51%24,622233 mi 22Capital UniversityColumbus, Ohio$44,34470%1068$23k$54k60%1,585102 mi 23CUNY Medgar Evers CollegeBrooklyn, New York$44,31186%920$6k$46k20%3,2333 mi 24St Catherine UniversitySaint Paul, Minnesota$44,25792%1147$20k$59k61%2,473135 mi 25University of Wisconsin-Green BayGreen Bay, Wisconsin$44,13589%1120$13k$53k48%6,3411 mi 26Governors State UniversityUniversity Park, Illinois$44,13348%—$12k$58k22%2,55621 mi 27Metropolitan State University of DenverDenver, Colorado$44,01599%1019$15k$52k32%15,002745 mi 28University of Wisconsin-OshkoshOshkosh, Wisconsin$43,94887%1090$14k$56k46%6,87742 mi 29Saint Cloud State UniversitySaint Cloud, Minnesota$43,72695%1092$14k$56k40%5,088129 mi 30Minnesota State University MoorheadMoorhead, Minnesota$43,47159%1090$18k$51k57%3,072220 mi 31Augsburg UniversityMinneapolis, Minnesota$43,30382%—$24k$59k52%2,494134 mi 32University of Minnesota-DuluthDuluth, Minnesota$43,19889%1251$19k$63k65%7,336< 1 mi 33Briar Cliff UniversitySioux City, Iowa$42,935——$24k$54k48%624361 mi 34California State University-Long BeachLong Beach, California$42,92546%—$10k$64k69%35,9243 mi 35Minnesota State University-MankatoMankato, Minnesota$42,91588%1150$19k$57k54%11,703201 mi 36Weber State UniversityOgden, Utah$42,754——$10k$56k46%16,360551 mi 37University of Wisconsin-SuperiorSuperior, Wisconsin$42,48793%1090$12k$50k42%1,8071 mi 38Fort Hays State UniversityHays, Kansas$42,41390%1089$13k$49k48%9,733648 mi 39Texas Southern UniversityHouston, Texas$42,33397%914$17k$39k22%6,84418 mi 40CUNY Lehman CollegeBronx, New York$42,30057%970$3k$58k51%10,6961 mi 41Colorado Mesa UniversityGrand Junction, Colorado$42,25482%1055$15k$46k41%8,143596 mi 42Western New Mexico UniversitySilver City, New Mexico$42,250——$9k$39k32%2,026301 mi 43CUNY Hunter CollegeNew York, New York$42,22754%1280$3k$63k57%16,2891 mi 44La Sierra UniversityRiverside, California$42,21392%—$46k$62k60%1,11630 mi 45Harding UniversitySearcy, Arkansas$41,83571%1182$22k$53k69%3,382347 mi 46Kansas State UniversityManhattan, Kansas$41,83382%1151$19k$57k71%15,142505 mi 47Indiana University-IndianapolisIndianapolis, Indiana$41,65776%1139$12k$55k54%13,830139 mi 48Mars Hill UniversityMars Hill, North Carolina$41,64368%—$20k$45k45%1,044247 mi 49Florida International UniversityMiami, Florida$41,62655%1163$9k$60k74%39,5088 mi 50Portland State UniversityPortland, Oregon$41,59491%—$10k$58k53%13,18251 mi 51University of Wisconsin-Stevens PointStevens Point, Wisconsin$41,58292%1150$15k$52k51%7,30675 mi 52Millikin UniversityDecatur, Illinois$41,54367%1034$22k$51k55%1,382149 mi 53Plymouth State UniversityPlymouth, New Hampshire$41,45188%—$19k$57k52%3,15365 mi 54University of Massachusetts GlobalAliso Viejo, California$41,327——$33k$66k43%4,4915 mi 55Bridgewater State UniversityBridgewater, Massachusetts$41,18788%1180$16k$57k53%7,82913 mi 56Longwood UniversityFarmville, Virginia$41,16090%1120$19k$52k61%3,01562 mi 57University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington$40,96939%—$14k$78k85%31,9423 mi 58University of Washington-Tacoma CampusTacoma, Washington$40,96983%—$10k$78k63%4,1851 mi 59Bowling Green State University-Main CampusBowling Green, Ohio$40,95981%1117$24k$48k64%12,81226 mi 60University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania$40,83658%1370$30k$66k86%20,370110 mi 61Grand View UniversityDes Moines, Iowa$40,73699%—$22k$53k54%1,486300 mi 62University of Southern MainePortland, Maine$40,69279%1116$14k$50k40%4,2221 mi 63Prairie View A & M UniversityPrairie View, Texas$40,66779%980$14k$45k43%8,87761 mi 64Keuka CollegeKeuka Park, New York$40,64268%—$24k$58k58%96645 mi 65University of Wisconsin-Eau ClaireEau Claire, Wisconsin$40,56282%1220$17k$59k64%8,895127 mi 66University of Saint Francis-Fort WayneFort Wayne, Indiana$40,53296%981$18k$55k55%1,56794 mi 67University of Nevada-RenoReno, Nevada$40,53074%1132$16k$61k61%15,599137 mi 68Fresno Pacific UniversityFresno, California$40,45864%—$14k$59k50%1,544110 mi 69University of Michigan-FlintFlint, Michigan$40,37170%1102$7k$53k40%4,41141 mi 70Texas Woman's UniversityDenton, Texas$40,34096%—$12k$57k49%8,767270 mi 71University of Maryland-Baltimore CountyBaltimore, Maryland$40,31672%1323$16k$70k70%10,7015 mi 72University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeMilwaukee, Wisconsin$40,18891%1090$15k$55k49%16,758< 1 mi 73College of Our Lady of the ElmsChicopee, Massachusetts$40,16185%—$18k$52k68%94955 mi 74Boise State UniversityBoise, Idaho$40,12687%—$22k$52k60%17,674385 mi 75Nebraska Wesleyan UniversityLincoln, Nebraska$40,08080%1189$18k$56k66%1,453466 mi 76University of KansasLawrence, Kansas$40,03293%1190$18k$62k69%21,217448 mi 77Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey$39,93658%1410$24k$74k84%37,7519 mi 78Rutgers University-NewarkNewark, New Jersey$39,93671%—$20k$74k64%7,7094 mi 79Rutgers University-CamdenCamden, New Jersey$39,93666%1178$19k$74k67%3,753< 1 mi 80Wright State University-Main CampusDayton, Ohio$39,92696%—$15k$50k42%6,762128 mi 81Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton, Florida$39,91266%1127$9k$57k63%23,7572 mi 82Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona$39,84290%—$15k$63k68%64,674166 mi 83Wayne State UniversityDetroit, Michigan$39,77481%1156$13k$53k58%15,5874 mi 84Colorado State University PuebloPueblo, Colorado$39,74295%1120$10k$56k40%3,042688 mi 85Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington, Indiana$39,69578%1313$16k$64k80%37,806174 mi 86SUNY Buffalo State UniversityBuffalo, New York$39,69573%1070$11k$52k33%5,0971 mi 87Western Illinois UniversityMacomb, Illinois$39,64171%—$13k$54k45%4,410186 mi 88Mercy UniversityDobbs Ferry, New York$39,37386%—$14k$52k46%5,735< 1 mi 89University of Central MissouriWarrensburg, Missouri$39,29564%1050$14k$50k54%5,648386 mi 90University of Cincinnati-Main CampusCincinnati, Ohio$39,29285%1282$26k$55k75%29,882178 mi 91University of IowaIowa City, Iowa$39,28584%1200$23k$65k75%22,264195 mi 92University of ToledoToledo, Ohio$39,25492%1235$17k$51k57%9,7709 mi 93University of Nebraska at KearneyKearney, Nebraska$39,21889%1118$16k$50k58%4,088544 mi 94Midwestern State UniversityWichita Falls, Texas$39,21594%—$12k$56k43%4,087350 mi 95Pennsylvania Western UniversityCalifornia, Pennsylvania$39,19294%1063$18k$47k52%7,451136 mi 96Northeastern Illinois UniversityChicago, Illinois$39,17875%—$14k$52k22%3,9823 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data. Program-level earnings describe completers; institution-wide earnings describe former students and can include non-completers. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.