The Boston College School of Social Work prepares social work professionals with the knowledge, values, and skills needed to initiate and sustain change and provide visionary leadership within a framework that promotes individual dignity, respects diversity, and seeks distributive justice in the Jesuit tradition.
#8
U.S. News and World Report Ranking
1936
Year founded by Walter McGuinn, S.J., and Dorothy L. Book
9,286
Size of BCSSW alumni network
603
MSW students (2023-24)
24
Ph.D. students (2023-24)
337,680
Field placement hours completed (2022–23)
Enrolled: 184 students
Undergraduate GPA: 3.61
Mean Age: 25
Enrolled: 20 students
Undergraduate GPA: 3.79
Mean Age: 23
Enrolled: 43 students
Undergraduate GPA: 3.53
Mean Age: 30
Enrolled: 10 students
Undergraduate GPA: 3.6
Mean Age: 23
33
Number of states represented
7
Number of countries represented
25%
AHANA
*AHANA: African American, Hispanic/Latinx, Asian American/Pacific Islander, Native American
32
Full-time faculty members
87
Part-time faculty members
11:1
Student–faculty ratio
* Percentage of faculty who self-identify as AHANA (African American, Hispanic/Latinx, Asian American/Pacific Islander, Native American)
239
Students who have completed the Latinx Leadership Initiative since 2013
51
Number of EJI events hosted (2020–21)
15
Student fellows enrolled in inaugural year of Black Leadership Initiative (2021–22)
48%
Faculty Diversity
100%
Students employed within one year of graduation
76%
Starting salaries above $50,000
1.5
Months average length of job search
$1,408
Tuition & fees per credit hour
100%
of BCSSW students receive some type of scholarship