USC
PhD
•Close faculty-student mentoring relationships
•National visibility for students through publications and funding for conference presentations in the U.S. and abroad
•A faculty that ranks in the nation’s top three for funded research
•Our own independent research institute, the Hamovitch Center for Science in the Human Services
•A curriculum focused on understanding issues from a global perspective
•Two research labs dedicated entirely to doctoral students
•Financial aid for all students, making USC among the most generous of any social-work doctoral program