Social Work

The Graduate School of Social Work at Dominican University does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, national or ethnic origin, disability, age, marital status, political orientation, sexual orientation or diverse lifestyle in the administration of its educational policies, admission policies, scholarships and loan programs or any other program administered by the university.

• Completed application for Dominican’s Graduate School of Social Work. Students applying for advanced standing (bachelors in social work required) must complete the advanced standing application and the general admissions application.
• $25 application fee (non-refundable)
• Personal Statement (Please refer to questions on application.)
• Resume
• An official transcript documenting a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and an official transcript from each college where graduate credit was earned
• A minimum 2.75 grade point average is required for general admissions and a 3.0 is required for advanced-standing admissions.
• Three letters of recommendation: at least one letter from an academic reference and two from professional references. In the event that a prospect is unable to provide an academic reference, an additional professional reference may be submitted, granted it reflects the prospect’s experience in some human services or social services capacity.
• Prerequisite course: Statistics. (Course should cover basic or elementary statistics which includes descriptive and inferential statistics)
• Interviews are used selectively.

GRE or GMAT are not required for the MSW program.

Application Deadlines

(Deadlines also apply to students applying for Advanced Standing)

Summer Session II – May 1st
Fall Semester – July 1st
Spring Semester – November 1st.

Contact Information

For more information, please contact us at msw@dom.edu