Program Matcher
Bachelor of Social Work Programs
Find Your BSW Program in About a Minute
Our BSW program finder asks six quick questions about how you want to study and the social work you want to do, then compares all 536 CSWE-accredited programs and shows you the ones that fit.
Takes about a minute. No sign-up.
Question 1 of 6
How Do You Plan to Study?
Question 2 of 6
How Do You Want to Take Classes?
Field placements happen in person near you either way.
Question 3 of 6
Where Do You Live?
Your field placement is arranged near you, so we start with programs in your state.
Question 4 of 6
What Kind of Social Work Do You Want to Do?
Pick any that sound like you.
Question 5 of 6
What Matters Most in a Program?
Choose up to three.
Question 6 of 6
Anything Else We Should Know?
Your job, your schedule, the credits you already have. Skip it if nothing comes to mind.
Please leave out your name and contact details.
Finding Your Matches
- Checking 536 programs against your answers
- Reading what each program offers
- Ranking your best fits
Your Results
Your Top BSW Program Matches
Close Matches
How the BSW Program Finder Works
You don't need a school in mind yet. Tell the BSW program finder how you want to study, how you want to take classes and where you live, and it does the comparing for you.
You Answer Six Questions
How you study, how you take classes, your state, the work you want to do, what matters most and anything else you'd like us to weigh.
We Read 536 Programs
The program finder keeps the programs that meet your answers, then reads each one's published details and our review against what you told us.
You Get Your Matches
Up to five programs, each with a match percentage, the facts behind it and a link to its card on our state ranking page.
What Our BSW Program Finder Compares
How You Study
535 programs list a full-time plan of study and 329 list a part-time plan. 47 offer a weekend or evening plan, which the finder favors if you pick it in question five.
How You Take Classes
148 programs record an online option, 12 of them with no campus location. Every program still places you in an agency for supervised field education, so some of your hours happen in person.
Where You Live
Our programs sit in 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam. The finder starts with programs in your state, and the state ranking pages show every program there.
What You Want to Do
440 programs show strength in child and family services, 42 in school social work, 154 in health care and 200 in mental health and substance use work. 137 list an embedded certificate.
What It Costs
532 schools publish a tuition figure we can compare, from $910 to $69,180 a year in-state. Pick "Low tuition" and the published price counts for more in your matches.
The Road to an MSW
269 schools also run an advanced-standing MSW, and 29 publish an accelerated BSW-to-MSW route. 117 publish their field hours, from 400 to 700.
Rather browse on your own? Every program in the finder has a card in our rankings. Start with the best BSW programs, the best online BSW programs, the best faith-based BSW programs or compare programs side by side.
Which BSW Program Fits the Work You Want?
Child and Family Services
Child welfare is where many BSW graduates start. 440 programs in our finder show strength here, and some list an embedded certificate in child welfare or child and family practice. Read about the child and family caseworker career before you choose.
School Social Work
School social work usually asks for a state credential on top of your degree, so check your state's rules. 42 programs in our finder show a school social work focus, a certificate or school-based field placements. Pick it in question four and the finder favors them.
Health Care and Mental Health
Hospitals, clinics and treatment centers hire social workers for care coordination and support. 154 programs lean toward health care and 200 toward mental health and substance use. See the medical and hospital social worker career for the work itself.
A Path to an MSW
A CSWE-accredited BSW can shorten a master's through advanced standing. 269 schools in our finder also run an advanced-standing MSW, and 29 publish an accelerated BSW-to-MSW route. Our advanced-standing MSW guide explains how it works.
Why the Program Finder Sometimes Shows Close Matches
Social work programs are local. 3 places have just one program in our data, and none has more than 34, so three firm answers can leave very few.
When fewer than five programs fit every answer, the finder lists those first, then fills the rest with close matches. Each one misses exactly one of your answers, and its card names it. Close matches in your own state come before any that would mean moving.