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2023 Most Popular Social Work Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

12 Colleges
$48,724 Avg Salary
$25,500 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Social Work Graduate Certificate School for You

Social Work is the #13 most popular major in the country with 58,326 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Social Work Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Social Work program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Social Work Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

Aurora University

Aurora, IL

Our analysis found Aurora University to be the most popular school for social work students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Aurora is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Aurora.

Of the 58 students majoring in social work at Aurora, 7% are male and 93% are female.

Full Social Work at Aurora University Report

#2

Madonna University

Livonia, MI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Madonna University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Social Work Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Livonia, Madonna is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Full Social Work at Madonna University Report

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular social work schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 95% of the social work majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loyola University Chicago. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Social Work Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Of the 12 students majoring in social work at Loyola Chicago, 17% are male and 83% are female.

Full Social Work at Loyola University Chicago Report

#5

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Out of the 12 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Chicago landed the # 5 spot on the list. UChicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

Read full report on Social Work at University of Chicago

#5

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

Out of the 12 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayne State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Wayne State is a very large public school located in the city of Detroit.

Read full report on Social Work at Wayne State University

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for social work students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the large city of Milwaukee, UWM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Social Work at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

With a ranking of #8, Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for social work students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Indianapolis, IUPUI is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Full Social Work at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis Report

University of St Francis landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate social work programs. University of Saint Francis is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Joliet.

Read full report on Social Work at University of St Francis

#9

Davenport University

Grand Rapids, MI

With a ranking of #9, Davenport University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for social work students working on their graduate certificate. Davenport University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Grand Rapids.

Full Social Work at Davenport University Report

Best Social Work Colleges by State

Explore the best social work schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 2,413
Ohio 2,332
Illinois 2,711
Indiana 1,545
Wisconsin 1,041

One of 5 majors within the area of study, social work has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Public Administration 16,905
Human Services 13,238
Public Policy 6,430
Community Organization & Advocacy 3,096
Other Public Administration 588

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 12 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Army Medicine.

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