School of Social Work

Our students, faculty, and alumni are changing lives through research and practice that prioritize equity, justice, and inclusion. Join them.

Quick Facts

#10

Ranked school of social work (U.S. News & World Report)

Acquire a world-class education.

99%

Employment rate for Class of 2020 within one year of graduation

Emerge career-ready.

10 to 1

Student/Faculty ratio

Learn from experienced practitioners and renowned scholars.

“To solve the most intractable problems of our day—and of tomorrow—we must draw upon a diversity of disciplines and partner with those who actually experience the problems. Only then can we create and scale up appropriate evidence-based interventions.”
Gautam N. Yadama, Dean of Boston College School of Social Work

Research

Our faculty conduct innovative research in a variety of areas, working across disciplines and collaborating with communities around the world.

Equity, Justice, & Inclusion

“In 10 years from now, I want Boston College leading and redefining social work practice for the entire country. This isn’t diversity, equity, and inclusion for the sake of lip service. This is diversity, equity, and inclusion for the sake of leadership.”
Samuel Bradley, Jr., Assistant Professor, Head of the EJI Initiative

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Samuel Bradley, Jr.

BCSSW to expand suite of academic programs to better prepare students to work with Black communities

The school will launch the Afrocentric social work field of practice and the Black Leadership certificate in fall 2022.

Leslie Dominguez-Santos speaks at an event

She empowers historically marginalized communities to tell their own stories

Leslie Dominguez-Santos, MSW’01, has spent her career working to amplify the voices of marginalized people around the world. “I don’t like to tell other people’s stories,” she says. “I like to hold people up so they can tell their stories.”
Students prepare for finals in the Social Work Library

Social Work Library doesn’t say ‘shhh’ to important issues

Over the past several years, the library has hosted art exhibits that have shined a light on pressing social problems. “We like to complement whatever is happening in the School of Social Work,” says Hannah Ha, the head librarian.

A graphic promoting the SSWR conference

30 BCSSW researchers will showcase their work at the 2022 conference of the Society for Social Work and Research

Students, faculty, staff, and alumni will present work on a range of topics at the conference, including social isolation, the use of hallucinogens, and the impact of COVID-19 on Latinx populations.
A therapist comforts a client

Four MSW students received prestigious fellowships to work at community health centers. Here’s what they learned.

The students say that their experiences have shaped their career paths, sharpened their skills as social workers, and provided a platform to practice what they have learned in the classroom.
U.S. military police walk past Afghan refugees at the village at the Ft. McCoy Army base

Afghans at Fort McCoy have settled into a routine, BC social worker says

Evacuees from Afghanistan, who are being temporarily housed at Fort McCoy, are playing soccer, sewing their own clothes, and teaching English classes, says Maryanne Loughry, a part-time faculty member who has visited the military base twice.

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