{"id":9783,"date":"2012-03-13T09:55:19","date_gmt":"2012-03-13T14:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/?p=9783"},"modified":"2026-05-12T17:23:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T21:23:38","slug":"2012rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/2012rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston University School of Social Work Ranked 16th in 2012 U.S. News and World Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston University School of Social Work has been ranked 16th among 206 social work graduate programs nationwide, according to the 2012 <em>U.S. News and World Report<\/em> edition of \u201cAmerica\u2019s Best Graduate Schools.\u201d This places the BU School of Social Work in the top eight percent of all programs. Rankings are based on surveys of experts in the field of social work education. In the previous 2008 report, the BU program was ranked 22 among 168 MSW programs \u2013 in the top 13% of all programs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are delighted with this ranking for our master in social work program,\u201d said Dean Gail Steketee. \u201cThat peer social work educators rate our program among the nation\u2019s very best indicates the high quality of our faculty and academic programs, our urban mission, and our dedication to graduating excellent social workers with skill and compassion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Social work program rankings are based on peer assessment surveys sent to deans and directors, and to other top administrators or faculty at accredited MSW degree programs. Respondents rated the academic quality of programs on a five-point scale: outstanding (5), strong (4), good (3), adequate (2) or marginal (1). Only fully accredited programs in good standing during the survey period are ranked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur program\u2019s quality and desirability is reflected in the large number of applicants and excellent enrollment rates for those we accept,\u201d said Dean Gail Steketee. \u201cOur students have a great experience and our alumni show very high pass rates on the social work licensure exam and are employed in a wide range of exciting jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston University School of Social Work has been ranked 16th among 206 social work graduate programs nationwide, according to the 2012 U.S. News and World Report edition of \u201cAmerica\u2019s Best Graduate Schools.\u201d This places the BU School of Social Work in the top eight percent of all programs. Rankings are based on surveys of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5131,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4057],"tags":[5035,5038,2137,7297],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9783"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9783"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81971,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9783\/revisions\/81971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ssw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}