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Most Popular Social Work Schools in Connecticut

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2023 Most Popular Social Work Schools in Connecticut

5 Colleges
$42,101 Avg Salary
$22,784 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Social Work School for You

In 2020-2021, social work students earned 407 degrees and certificates from a Connecticut school, making the subject the 7th in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Most Popular Social Work Schools in Connecticut ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Connecticut to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Social Work program at each school on the list.

Check out the social work programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Connecticut.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Connecticut the most popular school in Connecticut for social work students. UCONN is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Storrs.

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#2

Sacred Heart University

Fairfield, CT

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Sacred Heart University is a great place for social work students. Sacred Heart is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Fairfield.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Southern Connecticut State University is a great place for social work students. Located in the medium-sized city of New Haven, SCSU is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#4

University of Saint Joseph

West Hartford, CT

The excellent programs at University of Saint Joseph helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best social work schools in Connecticut. Located in the large suburb of West Hartford, USJ is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#5

Quinnipiac University

Hamden, CT

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Quinnipiac University is a great place for social work students. Located in the suburb of Hamden, Quinnipiac is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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Best Social Work Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Most Popular Social Work Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 1,670
Rhode Island 82
New Hampshire 89
Maine 265
Vermont 36

Social Work is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

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 averages are for the top 5 schools 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Army Medicine.

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