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.

By the Numbers


 

Discover why the Boston College School of Social Work consistently ranks among the top schools in the nation according to U.S. News & World Report, through our impressive statistics.

The School

#8

U.S. News and World Report Ranking (2024)

1936

Year founded by Walter McGuinn, S.J., and Dorothy L. Book

9,523

Size of BCSSW alumni network

Our Students

592

MSW students (2024-25)

22

Ph.D. students (2024-25)

334,800

Field placement hours completed (2023–24)


Incoming MSW Class (2023–24)
 

Two-Year Students

Enrolled: 213 students

Undergraduate GPA: 3.6

Mean Age: 24


Advanced Standing (Summer 2024)

Enrolled: 14 students

Undergraduate GPA: 3.6

Mean Age: 23

Three/Four-Year Students

Enrolled: 56 students

Undergraduate GPA: 3.5

Mean Age: 28


Advanced Standing (Spring 2025)

Enrolled: 12 students

Undergraduate GPA: 3.7

Mean Age: 23

29

Number of states represented

12

Number of countries represented

26%

AHANA

*AHANA: African American, Hispanic/Latinx, Asian American/Pacific Islander, Native American



Our Faculty

31

Full-time faculty members

86

Part-time faculty members

11:1

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)

265

Students who have completed the Latinx Leadership Initiative since 2013

51

Number of EJI events hosted (2020–21)

27

Graduates of the Black Leadership Initiative since it was founded in 2021

48%

Faculty Diversity


 

Career Outcomes (Class of 2023)

98%

Students employed within one year of graduation

68%

Starting salaries above $60,000

2

Months average length of job search

Tuition & Aid

$1,408

Tuition & fees per credit hour

100%

of BCSSW students receive some type of scholarship

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