University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work

The University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work, one of the 13 schools and colleges within the University of Pittsburgh, is located in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Its offices are in the world-famous Cathedral of Learning, a forty-story, Gothic style edifice that is the signature building of the university.

The School of Social Work offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in social work. The master's program at the school is ranked 17th in the nation according to the U.S. News & World Report's Best Social Work Graduate Schools.^[1] The school's doctoral program Social Work was created in 1945 and is the second oldest social work doctoral program in the nation. The school also administers the statewide Child Welfare Education and Research Programs from the Oakland Campus and the Child Welfare Resource Center for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.^[2]