The locations with the highest concentration of Social Work degree recipients are , New York, NY, and Los Angeles, CA. The locations with a relatively high number of Social Work degree recipients are Aurora, IL, College Place, WA, and Silver City, NM. The most common degree awarded to students studying Social Work is a masters degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Social Work and the types of students that study this field. University of Southern California awards the most degrees in Social Work in the US, but Brescia University and Our Lady of the Lake University have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Social Work.
Tuition costs for Social Work majors are, on average, $6,833 for in-state public colleges, and $29,210 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Social Work programs are Public, 4-year or above institutions (349 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (35,595 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Social Work, is Public, 4-year or above (35,595 completions).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Social Work programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Out of all institutions that offer Social Work programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Brescia University and Our Lady of the Lake University have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Social Work, with 40.2% and 38%, respectively.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Public Administration and Social Service majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Public Administration and Social Service majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Public Administration and Social Service majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Public Administration and Social Service. The most common ages of employees with this major are 25 and 32 years old, which represent 3.33% and 2.95% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Public Administration and Social Service are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Social Work for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by gender for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Social Work. White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and gender.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Barbados that hold Public Administration and Social Service degrees (5.28 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Mexico (10,509 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Social Work field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Social Work majors need many skills, but most especially Active Listening. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Social Work majors need more than the average amount of Operations Analysis, Operation and Control, and Negotiation.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Social Work majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Operations Analysis is very distinctive for majors, but the Active Listening, Social Perceptiveness, and Speaking are the three most important skills for people in the field.