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Most Popular Online Social Work Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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2023 Most Popular Online Social Work Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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In 2020-2021, 33,631 social work students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #6 most popular in the country.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Social Work Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This report analyzed 1 school in the Middle Atlantic Region offering online doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following school tops our list of the Most Popular Online Social Work Doctor's Degree Colleges.

#1

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Our 2023 rankings named University of Pennsylvania the most popular online school in the Middle Atlantic Region for social work students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

About 82% of the students majoring in social work at the school are women while 18% are male.

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Explore the most popular online social work colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 4,606
Pennsylvania 1,357
Maryland 693
New Jersey 1,144
District of Columbia 205
Delaware 67

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One of 5 majors within the area of study, social work has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Public Administration 13,571
Public Policy 3,737
Human Services 1,277
Community Organization & Advocacy 741
Other Public Administration 295

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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