Best ROI: Social Work

Schools offering Social Work ranked by overall ROI score. The average graduate in this field earns $40,062 four years after graduation. These are the schools where this major delivers the strongest financial return.

50 schools ranked

#	School	ROI	Net Price	10yr Earnings	Median Debt	Completion	Tier
1	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	97	$13,481	$92,446	$13,000	92.8%	Exceptional
2	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	94	$14,091	$78,466	$14,615	85.2%	Exceptional
3	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	93	$14,355	$81,054	$19,500	85.1%	Exceptional
4	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	91	$17,354	$73,792	$20,484	89.5%	Exceptional
5	University of Washington-Tacoma Campus Tacoma, WA	91	$10,163	$78,466	$14,615	63.2%	Exceptional
6	Boston University Boston, MA	90	$24,402	$83,238	$23,250	88.7%	Exceptional
7	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	90	$19,857	$75,121	$20,500	88.9%	Exceptional
8	University of Portland Portland, OR	89	$28,210	$82,804	$21,370	79.8%	Strong
9	University of Georgia Athens, GA	88	$13,936	$68,726	$18,500	89.7%	Strong
10	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	87	$18,784	$74,502	$18,228	75.6%	Strong
11	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	87	$17,303	$68,758	$20,121	84.8%	Strong
12	California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA	86	$10,440	$64,403	$14,289	68.9%	Strong
13	George Mason University Fairfax, VA	86	$17,915	$76,343	$19,500	67.8%	Strong
14	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	84	$15,364	$64,909	$15,000	76.4%	Strong
15	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	84	$16,264	$63,742	$19,509	80.2%	Strong
16	University of Maryland-Baltimore County Baltimore, MD	84	$16,467	$69,960	$19,500	70.0%	Strong
17	University of Detroit Mercy Detroit, MI	84	$15,232	$71,030	$23,250	67.2%	Strong
18	Rutgers University-Camden Camden, NJ	84	$18,745	$74,479	$21,500	66.7%	Strong
19	New York University New York, NY	84	$37,050	$82,509	$20,500	87.6%	Strong
20	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	84	$16,200	$67,170	$19,000	65.0%	Strong
21	James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA	84	$23,322	$69,954	$20,093	79.7%	Strong
22	California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, CA	83	$9,338	$64,876	$15,000	56.3%	Strong
23	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	83	$11,297	$61,675	$18,000	85.6%	Strong
24	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	83	$24,406	$74,479	$21,500	83.6%	Strong
25	CUNY Hunter College New York, NY	83	$2,984	$63,163	$11,000	56.9%	Strong
26	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK	83	$15,300	$63,126	$20,654	75.3%	Strong
27	Marquette University Milwaukee, WI	83	$31,487	$78,257	$23,940	83.2%	Strong
28	California State University-Chico Chico, CA	82	$14,480	$64,172	$16,552	62.8%	Strong
29	University of St Francis Joliet, IL	82	$13,006	$63,926	$21,079	66.8%	Strong
30	Rutgers University-Newark Newark, NJ	82	$19,703	$74,479	$21,500	63.7%	Strong
31	Molloy University Rockville Centre, NY	82	$24,347	$77,789	$27,000	69.9%	Strong
32	California State University-Fresno Fresno, CA	81	$7,000	$61,244	$14,505	57.0%	Strong
33	Florida International University Miami, FL	81	$9,288	$60,249	$16,500	74.4%	Strong
34	Ramapo College of New Jersey Mahwah, NJ	81	$18,173	$67,541	$21,000	69.8%	Strong
35	California State University-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	80	$3,967	$59,211	$13,000	53.0%	Strong
36	California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA	80	$7,021	$59,115	$13,872	57.0%	Strong
37	San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA	80	$12,278	$68,077	$15,371	50.4%	Strong
38	Saint Louis University Saint Louis, MO	80	$24,398	$70,783	$25,000	79.5%	Strong
39	University of Central Florida Orlando, FL	79	$10,411	$58,308	$18,190	78.0%	Strong
40	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	79	$19,680	$67,253	$23,250	80.7%	Strong
41	Creighton University Omaha, NE	79	$31,568	$73,911	$25,000	83.4%	Strong
42	Fordham University Bronx, NY	79	$44,338	$85,569	$24,300	81.9%	Strong
43	University at Albany Albany, NY	79	$17,167	$67,979	$19,500	61.5%	Strong
44	Seattle University Seattle, WA	79	$34,662	$75,272	$19,883	75.5%	Strong
45	California State University-San Bernardino San Bernardino, CA	78	$4,564	$59,977	$14,715	54.9%	Strong
46	University of North Florida Jacksonville, FL	78	$10,154	$56,343	$15,531	69.2%	Strong
47	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	78	$9,812	$57,743	$17,988	76.8%	Strong
48	CUNY Lehman College Bronx, NY	78	$3,148	$58,013	$10,950	51.3%	Strong
49	University of Vermont Burlington, VT	78	$19,343	$62,472	$20,951	78.6%	Strong
50	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	77	$14,967	$62,668	$19,500	68.0%	Strong

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Rankings are based on our ROI score (0-100), which weights five quantifiable factors: Earnings Premium (30%), Payback Period (25%), Debt-to-Earnings (20%), Completion Rate (15%), and Loan Repayment (10%). All data comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. No subjective criteria are used.

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