Show Up With NYU Silver
Information for Prospective MSW Students
Join the fight for social change with the powerful knowledge gained through rigorous coursework and intensive hands-on training. Renowned for our clinical excellence, commitment to social justice, and innovative teaching, NYU Silver will prepare you for a career of meaningful impact. Our comprehensive curriculum will provide you with a strong foundation, whether your interest is practice, policy, research, or administration.
NYU Silver embraces the core values of the social work profession enumerated in the National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics.
These core values, embraced by social workers throughout the profession’s history, are the foundation of social work’s unique purpose and perspective: Service, Social Justice, Dignity and Worth of the Person, Importance of Human Relationships, Integrity, and Competence.
This constellation of core values reflects what is unique to the social work profession.
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Code of Ethics’ Ethical Principles are intended to serve as a guide to the everyday professional conduct of social workers.
2024 Incoming MSW Student Profile
Where Students Come From
Student Race and Ethnicity
Student Gender Identity*
Where Students Come from: 73.6% of students are from the tri-state area, 19.3% of students are from outside of the tri-state area, and 7.1% of students are International.
Student Race and Ethnicity: 8% of students are Asian, 8% of students are Black, 16.3% of students are Hispanic, 3.4% of students are two or more races, 4.6% of students are unknown, and 59.8% of students are white.
Student Gender Identity: 80.4% of students identify as female, 15.3% of students identify as male, and 4.3% of students identify as nonbinary. Data is based on optional MSW application responses.
Campuses
Manhattan: Washington Square, Greenwich Village
Rockland County: St. Thomas Aquinas College
Westchester County: Sarah Lawrence College
Shanghai: NYU Shanghai, Pudong
MSW Pathways and Dual Degree Options
In the classroom you will learn from outstanding faculty who are some of the best instructors in the profession. Through closely supervised practicum internships you will gain real world, professional experience.
- MSW/JD with NYU Law
- MSW/MPH with NYU School of Global Public Health
- MSW/EMPA with NYU Wagner School of Public Service
- MSW/ MA in Child Development with Sarah Lawrence College
Practicum Education
NYU Silver’s strong partnerships with more than 600 public and nonprofit agencies means that we can offer our students practicum placements in an impressive range of sites. Our placements provide students with dynamic learning opportunities through which they develop skills and better understand the realities of coping with complex problems in the context of specific professional settings.
Practicum placements are available across a spectrum of practice areas including:
- Adult Services
- Aging
- Evolving Justice and Forensic Social Work
- Child, Youth and Family Services
- Disabilities
- Mental Health
- Healthcare
- Macro Practice in Organizations, Policy, Program Planning & Development
- Substance Abuse and Co-Occurring Disorders
- Palliative & End-of-Life Care
- School-Based Services
Study Away Opportunities
NYU Silver offers exciting global learning opportunities, through which students are immersed in different cultures and examine the values, ethics, ideologies, and approaches used in social work practice.
Intensive courses have recently been offered in:
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Core Concepts in Childhood and Adolescent Trauma
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Comparative Mental Health Policy & Practice in the United Kingdom and the United States
London, United Kingdom
Anti-Oppressive Social Work Policy & Practice in a Global Context
Washington, DC
Advanced Social Policy: Social Work and Legislative Advocacy
Graduate Outcomes
* Source: New York University Wasserman Center for Career Development 2023 Graduate Career Outcomes Survey, which collected post-graduate outcomes information from 70% of the NYU Silver Class of 2023.
** Source: 2022 NYU Silver ASWB Pass Rate Summary Report
Admissions and Scholarship Information
Admissions Ambassadors
Silver Champions
Silver Champions is an ambassador program that connects prospective and newly admitted students with current MSW students or MSW alumni. Champions are volunteers who draw upon their experiences to highlight the opportunities and benefits of an NYU education. They have the necessary skills to help newly admitted and prospective students throughout the application process and serve as mentors.
Contact Us
Business Hours: Monday - Friday, 9 am - 5 pm ET
Admissions: silver.admissions@nyu.edu, 212.998.5910
Silver Scholarship and Financial Education Office: silver.financialaid@nyu.edu
Connect with a current MSW student: Champions/Admissions Ambassadors