The 50 colleges that score highest for Social work on public federal data: selectivity, graduate earnings, program size, academic strength and graduate depth. It is a starting point for your research, not a judgment of quality.
50 colleges · each name links to its page, with sources · data snapshot October 2, 2026 · Updated October 2, 2026
How we rank programs · showing the top 50 of 50 core colleges ranked, those with enough graduates and earnings data · All top-programs lists
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| Rank | College | State | What we measured | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York University | NY | Median earnings $59,593 · 59 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 2 | University of California-Berkeley | CA | Median earnings $67,393 · 68 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 3 | Binghamton University | NY | Median earnings $80,596 (college-wide) · 39 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 4 | The University of Texas at Austin | TX | Median earnings $59,850 · 88 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 5 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | IL | Median earnings $56,917 · 73 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 6 | Skidmore College | NY | Median earnings $61,428 · 20 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 7 | Stony Brook University | NY | Median earnings $59,449 · 37 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 8 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | WA | Median earnings $59,256 · 48 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 9 | San Diego State University | CA | Median earnings $56,674 · 80 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 10 | California State University-Long Beach | CA | Median earnings $68,448 · 60 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 11 | Syracuse University | NY | Median earnings $60,920 · 15 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 12 | University of Connecticut | CT | Median earnings $64,389 (field-wide) · 16 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 13 | Brescia University | KY | Median earnings $56,285 · 16 graduates last year · 13% of the school's degrees | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | WI | Median earnings $54,375 · 57 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 15 | Baylor University | TX | Median earnings $58,293 · 22 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 16 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | NJ | Median earnings $56,797 · 86 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 17 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | NC | Median earnings $53,209 · 64 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 18 | Texas Christian University | TX | Median earnings $65,536 · 32 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 19 | CUNY Hunter College | NY | Median earnings $70,273 · 43 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 20 | Providence College | RI | Median earnings $70,356 · 11 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 21 | University of Georgia | GA | Median earnings $48,747 · 41 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 22 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | PA | Median earnings $56,092 · 36 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 23 | Governors State University | IL | Median earnings $56,123 · 24 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 24 | Florida State University | FL | Median earnings $50,723 · 67 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 25 | University of Central Florida | FL | Median earnings $51,153 · 93 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 26 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | OH | Median earnings $50,596 · 154 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 27 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | TN | Median earnings $48,510 · 92 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 28 | Simmons University | MA | Median earnings $62,992 · 44 graduates last year · 9% of the school's degrees | |
| 29 | St Olaf College | MN | Median earnings $50,611 · 14 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 30 | University of South Florida | FL | Median earnings $52,451 · 78 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 31 | Auburn University | AL | Median earnings $50,156 · 27 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 32 | Southeastern University | FL | Median earnings $52,194 · 23 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 33 | Marist University | NY | Median earnings $55,501 · 17 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 34 | Defiance College | OH | Median earnings $50,745 · 11 graduates last year · 10% of the school's degrees | |
| 35 | University of Vermont | VT | Median earnings $54,235 · 25 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 36 | Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo | PR | Median earnings $27,638 · 13 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 37 | Adelphi University | NY | Median earnings $66,162 · 35 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 38 | Fresno Pacific University | CA | Median earnings $61,951 · 70 graduates last year · 13% of the school's degrees | |
| 39 | Johnson C Smith University | NC | Median earnings $42,680 (college-wide) · 14 graduates last year · 7% of the school's degrees | |
| 40 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | MD | Median earnings $58,412 · 84 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 41 | Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Aguadilla | PR | Median earnings $21,904 · 27 graduates last year · 7% of the school's degrees | |
| 42 | Seton Hall University | NJ | Median earnings $63,559 · 14 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 43 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | SC | Median earnings $49,401 · 33 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 44 | Oakwood University | AL | Median earnings $42,488 (college-wide) · 10 graduates last year · 5% of the school's degrees | |
| 45 | Sacred Heart University | CT | Median earnings $58,384 · 17 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 46 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | LA | Median earnings $61,251 (college-wide) · 28 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 47 | Siena College | NY | Median earnings $60,100 · 21 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 48 | Saint Louis University | MO | Median earnings $56,306 · 18 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 49 | Keuka College | NY | Median earnings $54,540 · 93 graduates last year · 33% of the school's degrees | |
| 50 | Salve Regina University | RI | Median earnings $72,975 (college-wide) · 23 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees |
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