Our rigorous PhD program prepares researchers, scholars, and educators to advance the field of social welfare and social work practice.
Research training is at the core of our program. Students develop mastery of:
A substantive area, providing the foundation for advanced social work research
Theoretical perspectives that furnish insight about social issues, social welfare, and social work practice
Research that identifies causes, dynamics, and outcomes of social work practice and interventions
Various research methods that enable the students to build and advance knowledge relevant to the field of social work and to excel as researchers and teachers at leading academic and social welfare institutions around the world
Teaching methods that actively engage the next generation of scholars and practitioners in building the social work knowledge base and in identifying effective, evidence-based practice
Communication skills that scholars use to raise awareness of important social issues and to disseminate findings of their own scholarship
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PhD students in BCSSW
54%
AHANA Students
(African-American, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American)
94%
Of our recent grads over the last five years have secured employment as assistant professors, researchers, or post-doctoral fellows within a year of graduation
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Countries of citizenship
Applicants are fully funded with a doctoral fellowship valued at more than $200,000 over the course of four years.
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
University of Texas at San Antonio
University of Washington