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Master of Social Work (MSW)

  • #1

    On-Campus MSW Program

    Social Work Degree Center, 2022 - "Degree recipients from the UMSSW get $12,275 above the standard college grad in this field shortly after graduation."

  • Top 10%

    Ranked #21 of Best Schools for Social Work

    U.S. News & World Report, 2022

  • #3

    In the U.S. for an MSW Degree

    College Choice, 2022

What You’ll Learn

At the University of Maryland School of Social Work, we train our students and equip them with the tools to make an impact on the world.

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Clinical Social Work

Our clinical social graduates provide a wide range of therapeutic services to children, adolescents, adults, older adults, and their families.

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Macro Social Work

Dynamic leadership, stakeholder engagement, resource development, program management, and policy analysis enable our graduates to solve today’s biggest problems.

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In the Field

Get comprehensive and intensive “hands-on” learning experiences in social work agencies.

Our Impact

Our Social Workers Are Here For All of It.

Helping our communities throughout Maryland

Our nationwide network of graduates work every day and in every imaginable environment to help make our world a more just and equitable society.

Improving the field through research

Our incredible faculty study a diverse range of society’s most pressing problems. Bringing that knowledge and insight directly into our classrooms. Most times, students and our alumni are working side by side with faculty on these research projects.

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In the classroom and in your career, we promise you’ll never be bored, and you’ll always be in demand — as long as the world has problems to solve.

CSWE Accredited

Are You Ready to be a Changemaker?