Accredited social work graduate schools in the eastern United States include the Columbia University School of Social Work, the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service and the School of Social Welfare at the University at Albany, all in New York; the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts; the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice in Philadelphia and the University of Maryland School of Social Work in Baltimore. All of these Eastern region schools receive their accreditation from the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).
Students in the midwest may find themselves near the University of Michigan School of Social Work located in Ann Arbor, Michigan; the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago in Illinois; the Case Western Reserve University Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences in Cleveland, Ohio and the University of Wisconsin School of Social Work in Madison. These schools also receive their accreditation by the CSWE.
Social work graduate schools accredited by the CSWE in the southern United States include the School of Social Work at the University of Texas at Austin; the University of North Carolina's School of Social Work in Chapel Hill; the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work in Richmond; the University of Tennessee College of Social Work; the Florida State University College of Social Work and the University of Georgia School of Social Work in Athens.
In the western region of the United States, the following schools are some of the fully accredited graduate schools of social work: The University of Washington School of Social Work; the Portland State University Graduate School of Social Work in Oregon; the University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work in Colorado; the Arizona State University School of Social Work in Phoenix and the San Diego State University School of Social Work in San Diego, California.