+90% of UToledo master's students in social work find employment within six months of graduation.
At the University of Toledo’s Master of Social Work (M.S.W.) Program, you will learn with other students and faculty who truly share your passion for social and economic justice. We are committed to helping you develop the skills to create social change at the individual, organizational, community and societal levels.
The M.S.W program offers an advanced generalist specialization. This specialization prepares students to work with diverse clients and social systems, using strengths and empowerment models. As an advanced generalist social worker, you will improve clients’ quality of life via critical thinking and innovative use of complex assessment, interventions and evaluation. You will be skilled in working in micro, mezzo and macro settings.
In your Advanced year of M.S.W. training, you will learn Advanced Generalist skills through focusing on your choice of tracks: Mental Health or Child & Family. Students in both tracks learn micro interventions appropriate to the population in a fall semester class and about macro systems of care and policies in a spring semester class.
You can earn an M.S.W. regardless of the field in which you earned your undergraduate degree.
Visit the MSW website for more information about the program or to set up a time to meet with the program director and discuss any questions.
Full accreditation by the Council of Social Work Education.
Convenient for working students. Most of our M.S.W. courses are face to face, offered in the evenings after 5 p.m. and on Saturdays. You can attend full-time or part-time.
Working, professional faculty. UToledo M.S.W. faculty members breathe life into social work concepts. They are practitioners as well as teachers and bring real-world examples to the classroom. They have developed strong ties to community social-service agencies, which often hire our M.S.W. graduates. Small class sizes allow our faculty members to develop close relationships with students.
Broad clinical and classroom experience. UToledo social work graduate students are trained to work with a wide range of populations, from children to seniors. They have access to state-of-the-art technology and graduate with more than 900 hours of field work.
Human trafficking experts. UToledo is at the forefront of human trafficking research and advocacy. Our School of Social Justice houses the Human Trafficking and Social Justice Institute. The institute engages in research, community organizing, teaching and policy work. Its annual international conference is the oldest and most prestigious in the nation. UToledo students attend for free.
Financial assistance. M.S.W. graduate students can apply for graduate assistantships within the social work department or through the graduate school office.
UToledo M.S.W. graduates are prepared to work in diverse settings with a variety of clients. Our graduates choose jobs in a variety of types of social work, including:
Rosie Best, MSW '17, developed Issue Box Theatre as a service-learning project. She uses real-life social work situations to create memorable social justice-related theater performances to enlighten and sensitize audiences. Past productions have focused on topics such as dementia and mental health. Proceeds from the performances benefit local nonprofit agencies.
"During my time as an intern at the Toledo Area Humane Society, I was given the task of coordinating the Hope and Recovery Pets (HARP) program. This program provides emotional-support animals for low-income individuals with chronic mental-health diagnoses. Through my role as HARP coordinator, I saw firsthand the impact of the human-animal bond on our clients’ mental health."
Social Work Master's Degree Sample Courses
Regular Program M.S.W. students complete both the Foundation and the Advanced plans of study. Advanced Standing students only complete the Advanced plan of study.
M.S.W. students are required to complete internships, which run during the school year along with classes. UToledo graduate students spend more than 900 hours in the field.
We assist students with arranging field placements. Placements range from clinical practice and research to community organizing, health care, administration, and more.
UToledo Social Work master's students collaborate on research with faculty and present at conferences.
Our faculty members are as diverse as our students and our community. They have expertise in:
If you live in a state other than Ohio, or you are planning to move to another state after you graduate, then we strongly encourage you to review the social work licensing requirements in that state. For more information, please visit:
