The °¬¿ÉÖ±²¥ 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.
By the Numbers
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Discover why the °¬¿ÉÖ±²¥ College School of Social Work consistently ranks among the top schools in the nation according to U.S. News & World Report,Ìýthrough our impressive statistics.
#8
U.S. News and World ReportÌýRanking (2024)
1936
Year founded byÌýWalter McGuinn, S.J., and Dorothy L. Book
9,742
Size of BCSSW alumni network
589
MSW students (2025-26)
20
Ph.D. students (2025-26)
293,520
Field placement hours completed (2024–25)
Enrolled: 239 students
Undergraduate GPA: 3.8
Mean Age: 25
Enrolled: 14 students
Undergraduate GPA: 3.6
Mean Age: 22
Enrolled: 40 students
Undergraduate GPA: 3.4
Mean Age: 28
Enrolled: 6 students
Undergraduate GPA: 3.5
Mean Age: 21
27
Number of states represented
16
Number of countries represented
29%
AHANA
*AHANA: African American, Hispanic/Latinx, Asian American/Pacific Islander, Native American
30
Full-time °¬¿ÉÖ±²¥members
96
Part-time °¬¿ÉÖ±²¥members
11:1
Student–°¬¿ÉÖ±²¥ratio
$10.5M
In grant expenditures (2025)
* Percentage of °¬¿ÉÖ±²¥who self-identify as AHANA (African American, Hispanic/Latinx, Asian American/Pacific Islander, Native American)
292
Students who have completed the Latinx Leadership Initiative since 2013
11+
Years running the LLI
33
Graduates of the Black Leadership Initiative since it was founded in 2021
48%
Faculty Diversity
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97%
Students employed within one year of graduation
82%
Starting salaries above $60,000
2.2
Months average length of job search
$1,436
Tuition & fees per credit hour 2025-26
100%
of BCSSW students receive some type of scholarship