Providence College

Providence College graduated 11 social work students in the most recent reporting year, placing it #445 of 587 BSW-awarding colleges. Small programs like this one tend to compete on individual attention and placement relationships rather than breadth.

63.0% of students here finish their degree, against a national median of 50.4% across the BSW colleges in this directory — a meaningful margin. Students who finish take a median of 5 years to do it. Full-time students complete at 69.8% against 60.8% for part-time, so the part-time route takes more persistence at Providence College. First-time entrants complete at 87.0% against 61.7% for transfers — worth checking how transfer credits map onto the practice sequence.

The average student pays $48,618 a year after grants and scholarships — $10,311 above the $38,307 median across the 3 BSW colleges in Rhode Island. 13.0% of first-time students receive Pell Grants. Net price is the number that matters when comparing programs, not sticker tuition — and because most social work roles are with government or nonprofit employers, graduates are typically eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness.