TheRutgers School of Social Work (SSW) is one of the twenty-nine schools that makes upRutgers University.[1]
Established in 1954, the school today has more than 50 full-time faculty members and 150 part-time lecturers, and approximately 1,000 enrolled students.[2] Classes are held at three Rutgers University campuses:Newark,New Brunswick andCamden.
In 2008,Verizon Wireless started a $100,000 scholarship fund to the Center on Violence Against Women and Children at the School of Social Work. It was to be awarded annually to three graduate students specializing at the center.[3]
The school includes several research centers, including the Center for Gambling Studies, the Center for International Social Work, the Center for Nonprofit Management and Governance, the Center on Violence Against Women and Children and the Institute for Families.
The School is fully accredited by theCouncil on Social Work Education and is authorized to awardmaster's andbaccalaureate degrees in Social Work.[4]
In 2024,U.S. News & World Report ranked it 12th of 319 forsocial work schools in the United States.[5]
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