Careers

Our dedicated Career Services staff is committed to your success. They help you explore promising opportunities, connect with potential employers, polish resumes, and more. Additionally, professors provide support as faculty mentors and work collaboratively with students.

MSW Outcomes

99%

Employment within 1 year of graduation

91%

Licensure exam pass rate on first attempt

PhD Outcomes

94%

Employment within 1 year of graduation

Where Our Graduates Work

MSW Graduates

Boston Medical Center

Catholic Charities of Arkansas

Catholic Relief Services

East Boston Neighborhood Health Center

The Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project

The Home for Little Wanderers

Jesuit Refugee Service

Massachusetts Department of Children and Families

Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Massachusetts General Hospital
 

PhD Graduates

Alberto Hurtado University in Chile

Boston Children’s Hospital

Brown University

Harvard University

MIT AgeLab

The Ohio State University

Umeå University, Sweden (2021)

Universidad Loyola del Pacífico

University of Maryland

University of Pittsburgh
 

Conference Travel & Professional Development

All doctoral students are eligible to be reimbursed up to $1,000 annually for expenses related to conference travel when presenting a paper or poster. With prior approval, these funds may also be used to attend specialized trainings. To further assist with professional development, the school provides business cards for all doctoral candidates.

Alumni News

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As the COVID-19 pandemic was raging, one alumna launched a private practice to improve the mental health of athletes

“There was such a need for athletes to be seen because they weren’t able to play their sports and they were so distressed,” says Kimberly O’Brien, MSW’05, PhD’11, who founded Unlimited Resilience in October 2020.

From left to right, Jennifer Colvin, Claudette Colvin, and Cheryl Colvin

‘My grandmother fought for me so that I could fight for other people’

Jenn Colvin, MSW’16, says that her life may have gone in a different direction if not for a heroic act of defiance by her paternal grandmother, civil rights activist Claudette Colvin, nearly 70 years ago.

A word cloud focused on Anxiety

Her new book chronicles her journey through addiction, mental health issues, and bulimia

Yvonne Castañeda, a part-time faculty member in the School of Social Work, hopes that people who read Pork Belly Tacos with a Side of Anxiety come to realize “that change is possible, that grace is possible, that healing is possible.”

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Join a Global Alumni Network

Support extends beyond graduation: You can leverage career services for life and benefit from connections to 8,000 BCSSW alumni and the more than 180,000 strong Boston College alumni network.

MSW Career Services Events

November 9, 2017 -- Alumni networking event in McGuinn Hall, hosted by the Boston College School of Social Work.
November 9, 2017 -- Alumni networking event in McGuinn Hall, hosted by the Boston College School of Social Work.
March 16, 2018 -- Social Services Recruitment Fair hosted by the Boston College Career Center, School of Social Work, and Lynch School Counseling Program.
March 16, 2018 -- Social Services Recruitment Fair hosted by the Boston College Career Center, School of Social Work, and Lynch School Counseling Program.
March 16, 2018 -- Social Services Recruitment Fair hosted by the Boston College Career Center, School of Social Work, and Lynch School Counseling Program.
March 16, 2018 -- Social Services Recruitment Fair hosted by the Boston College Career Center, School of Social Work, and Lynch School Counseling Program.
March 16, 2018 -- Social Services Recruitment Fair hosted by the Boston College Career Center, School of Social Work, and Lynch School Counseling Program.
January 11, 2018 -- Career Day 2018 alumni panel.
January 11, 2018 -- Career Day 2018 alumni panel.
January 11, 2018 -- Career Day 2018 alumni panel.
November 9, 2017 -- Alumni networking event in McGuinn Hall, hosted by the Boston College School of Social Work.
November 9, 2017 -- Alumni networking event in McGuinn Hall, hosted by the Boston College School of Social Work.
March 16, 2018 -- Social Services Recruitment Fair hosted by the Boston College Career Center, School of Social Work, and Lynch School Counseling Program.
March 16, 2018 -- Social Services Recruitment Fair hosted by the Boston College Career Center, School of Social Work, and Lynch School Counseling Program.
March 16, 2018 -- Social Services Recruitment Fair hosted by the Boston College Career Center, School of Social Work, and Lynch School Counseling Program.
March 16, 2018 -- Social Services Recruitment Fair hosted by the Boston College Career Center, School of Social Work, and Lynch School Counseling Program.
March 16, 2018 -- Social Services Recruitment Fair hosted by the Boston College Career Center, School of Social Work, and Lynch School Counseling Program.
January 11, 2018 -- Career Day 2018 alumni panel.
January 11, 2018 -- Career Day 2018 alumni panel.
January 11, 2018 -- Career Day 2018 alumni panel.
November 9, 2017 -- Alumni networking event in McGuinn Hall, hosted by the Boston College School of Social Work.
November 9, 2017 -- Alumni networking event in McGuinn Hall, hosted by the Boston College School of Social Work.
March 16, 2018 -- Social Services Recruitment Fair hosted by the Boston College Career Center, School of Social Work, and Lynch School Counseling Program.
March 16, 2018 -- Social Services Recruitment Fair hosted by the Boston College Career Center, School of Social Work, and Lynch School Counseling Program.
March 16, 2018 -- Social Services Recruitment Fair hosted by the Boston College Career Center, School of Social Work, and Lynch School Counseling Program.
March 16, 2018 -- Social Services Recruitment Fair hosted by the Boston College Career Center, School of Social Work, and Lynch School Counseling Program.
March 16, 2018 -- Social Services Recruitment Fair hosted by the Boston College Career Center, School of Social Work, and Lynch School Counseling Program.
January 11, 2018 -- Career Day 2018 alumni panel.
January 11, 2018 -- Career Day 2018 alumni panel.
January 11, 2018 -- Career Day 2018 alumni panel.

Meet the Director of Career Services

Mock interviews, recruitment fairs, workshops—Cindy Snell facilitates the lifecycle of career development. As Director of Career Services and Alumni Relations, she oversees a range of career offerings for both MSW graduate students and alumni.

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