Kate73

A little more tuition info for some online programs: Virginia Commonwealth University is ~$71K out-of-state tuition and requires some on-campus visits. The program takes 4 years. University of North Dakota is ~$30K (onliners get in-state tuition) and has some synchronous components and two 5-6 day campus visits. The program is 3 years.

I just sent my letter of intent to accept an offer of admission to BU's online program; although I'm based in Washington, DC, I will definitely visit Boston throughout the program and hope to meet and keep in touch with lots of on-campus students!

Hello fellow online MSWers! After extensive research into both online and Washington, DC-area MSW programs, Boston University's online MSW came out on top for me. Luckily, I was accepted, and will be joining the Summer 2013 cohort. I had reservations about doing an MSW online, but I became convinced that there are some solid online programs out there. BU is priced very competitively, particularly for a Washington, DC resident who does not have any options for in-state tuition for an MSW program (Catholic and Howard are both private schools). I second the upthread caution about programs who leave it up to the student to arrange his/her own field placements.