Overview

Students choose a concentration in Clinical Social Work or Management and Policy as well as numerous options for certificate programs, areas of emphases and global study. Our MSW program offers some of the most robust field education opportunities in the nation, with student placement in approximately 1,000 field agencies throughout the state of New Jersey and nation-wide.

We offer the MSW program in multiple formats.

The on-campus program is offered on a full-time and part-time basis on the New Brunswick, Newark, and Camden campuses.

Two online versions of the MSW are available; a 100% online program and a blended program that combines on-line and traditional classrooms.

Our Intensive Weekend program meets the needs of human service professionals looking to pursue their MSW.

MSW Mission

The mission of the Rutgers University School of Social Work MSW program is to advance competent, ethical, evidence-based and community and critically-informed master’s level social work practice that promotes social and economic justice and strengthens individual, family, and community well-being with an understanding of diversity in local, national and global contexts.

MSW Program Goals

The MSW program will prepare master’s level practitioners for ethical, evidence-based and critically-informed social work practice that promotes social justice, engages diversity and difference, and strengthens individuals, families and communities in local, national and global contexts.

The MSW program will design and deliver an innovative, rigorous competency-based social work curriculum rooted in a liberal arts tradition and person-in-environment framework that continuously incorporates state of the art social work knowledge, prepares practitioners to employ multiple evidence-informed prevention and intervention methods at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels, and responds to emergent social problems and community, professional and labor force needs.

The MSW program will offer flexible program options that best serve a diverse student body and reflect and contribute to 21st century educational practices and advancements.

The MSW program will establish partnerships with a broad variety of social service agencies to educate and train students though field work while respecting and contributing to the agency’s mission and function.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Social Work Practice I with Individuals, Families, and Groups;

Social Work Practice II with Organizations and Communities

Human Behavior and the Social Environment

Social Welfare Policy and Services

Methods of Social Work Research

Diversity and Oppression

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2024-09-05 00:00:00
- Apply before 2024-02-15 00:00:00

More details

Traditional & Blended MSW: February 15 (Fall)
Online MSW: April 1 (Summer) / May 15 (Fall) / November 15 (Spring)

Language

English

IELTS

7

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Credits

60 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus, Blended, Online

Disciplines

Social Work View 676 other Masters in Social Work in United States

Academic requirements

GPA

3

English requirements

IELTS

7

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Student insurance

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Accidents
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Other requirements

General requirements

Completed a bachelor’s degree from an accredited undergraduate institution

Minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA.

Social work experience is advantageous, but not required.

An introductory statistics course, which covers descriptive and basic inferential statistical procedures, is required of all MSW candidates prior to beginning the advanced part of the program.

Tuition Fee

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International

31008 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 15504 USD per semester during 24 months.
National

31008 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 15504 USD per semester during 24 months.
In-State

18240 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 9120 USD per semester during 24 months.

Living costs for New Brunswick

1204 - 2963 USD /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Financing

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Funding

Studyportals Student Grant Deadline: 30 June 2020

Apply and be among one of the 20 students to win €1000.

Studyportals Student Grant Deadline: 30 June 2020

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Scholarships Information

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