Fordham’s Graduate School of Social Service (GSS) stands among the top 20 graduate schools of social work in the nation, according to the editors of U.S. News & World Report.
GSS was ranked 18th out of 94 schools in the magazine’s April 2 issue, sharing the position with the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, the University of Kansas and the University of Maryland-Baltimore. Fordham placed higher than many other notable universities, including Boston University and New York University.
“I am very pleased that we ranked among the 20 top social work programs in the nation,” said Peter Vaughan, Ph.D., dean of GSS. “This ranking is tribute to the excellent reputation of our fine faculty.”
Taking top honors was Washington University in St. Louis, followed by the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in second place and the University of Chicago in the third position. Academic quality of programs was measured on a scale of 1 (marginal) to 5 (outstanding). GSS received a ranking of 3.5.
The magazine ranked this year’s graduate programs in social work based on statistical indicators measuring quality of faculty, research and students. The data was gathered from more than 14,000 academics and professionals interviewed last fall.
