Facts & Figures
The Boston 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.
The School
#11
U.S. News and World Report Ranking
1936
Year founded by Walter McGuinn, S.J., and Dorothy L. Book
9,032
Size of BCSSW alumni network
Our Students
657
MSW students (2022-23)
23
Ph.D. students (2022-23)
314,000
Field placement hours completed (2020–21)
Incoming MSW Class (2022–23)
Two-Year Students
Enrolled: 186 students
Undergraduate GPA: 3.62
Mean Age: 25
Advanced Standing (Summer 2022)
Enrolled: 16 students
Undergraduate GPA: 3.6
Mean Age: 22
Three/Four-Year Students
Enrolled: 34 students
Undergraduate GPA: 3.5
Mean Age: 29
Advanced Standing (Spring 2023)
Enrolled: 16 students
Undergraduate GPA: 3.6
Mean Age: 23
30
Number of states represented
7
Number of countries represented
24%
AHANA
*AHANA: African American, Hispanic/Latinx, Asian American/Pacific Islander, Native American
Our Faculty
32
Full-time faculty members
102
Part-time faculty members
10:1
Student–faculty ratio
Equity, Justice, and Inclusion
Faculty Diversity *
* Percentage of faculty who self-identify as AHANA (African American, Hispanic/Latinx, Asian American/Pacific Islander, Native American)
207
MSW students who have completed the Latinx Leadership Initiative since 2013
51
Number of EJI events hosted (2020–21)
15
Student fellows enrolled in inaugural year of Black Leadership Initiative (2021–22)
47%
Faculty Diversity
Career Outcomes (Class of 2021)
99%
Students employed within one year of graduation
76%
Starting salaries above $50,000
1.6
Months average length of job search
Tuition & Aid
$1,334
Tuition & fees per credit hour
100%
of BCSSW students receive some type of scholarship