Social Work

22,491 students earn a social work credential each year across 733 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.

Typical earnings, 1 year out: $37,303
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $49,042

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Bachelor's programs — top 100 of 589 colleges by graduates

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Grand Canyon UniversityPhoenix, Arizona363$39,0171 year out$44,317$35,959 2California State University-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California279$37,4771 year out$59,861$11,000 3Liberty UniversityLynchburg, Virginia231$38,8281 year out—$29,000 4California State University-SacramentoSacramento, California186$37,2901 year out$56,867$18,000 5Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona183$39,8421 year out$48,856$20,000 6The University of Texas at ArlingtonArlington, Texas182$38,1741 year out$48,365$21,546 7Aurora UniversityAurora, Illinois175$38,3821 year out$51,486$27,000 8Walden UniversityMinneapolis, Minnesota168—1 year out—$52,808 9Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, Ohio163$38,7391 year out$44,646$26,970 10Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton, Florida160$39,9121 year out$49,864$21,101 11The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyEdinburg, Texas160$30,4361 year out$46,031$16,526 12CUNY Lehman CollegeBronx, New York140$42,3001 year out$57,482$12,690 13Purdue University GlobalWest Lafayette, Indiana140$38,3241 year out—$53,229 14Northern Arizona UniversityFlagstaff, Arizona135$38,2471 year out$46,353$20,500 15Indiana University-IndianapolisIndianapolis, Indiana133$41,6571 year out$47,703$18,410 16Fresno Pacific UniversityFresno, California132$40,4581 year out—$25,000 17University of Central FloridaOrlando, Florida131$35,3581 year out$47,972$22,375 18University of Massachusetts GlobalAliso Viejo, California130$41,3271 year out$46,024$34,250 19Troy UniversityTroy, Alabama127$31,1901 year out$43,893$30,500 20San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, California123$36,9161 year out$53,843$15,176 21Texas State UniversitySan Marcos, Texas122$38,6601 year out$46,787$21,500 22Grand Valley State UniversityAllendale, Michigan121$37,2331 year out$50,014$27,000 23Metropolitan State University of DenverDenver, Colorado116$44,0151 year out$53,547$29,578 24University of UtahSalt Lake City, Utah114$38,3381 year out$55,294$15,038 25Eastern Michigan UniversityYpsilanti, Michigan111$38,5171 year out$49,925$31,111 26University of Nevada-Las VegasLas Vegas, Nevada104$44,4271 year out$60,769$21,686 27Appalachian State UniversityBoone, North Carolina103$32,7251 year out$48,164$22,184 28Salisbury UniversitySalisbury, Maryland102$34,9171 year out$56,449$23,552 29Northeastern Illinois UniversityChicago, Illinois100$39,1781 year out$49,644$17,500 30Indiana Wesleyan University-National & GlobalMarion, Indiana100$36,7221 year out$46,792$41,903 31Wayne State UniversityDetroit, Michigan98$39,7741 year out$49,933$28,012 32Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond, Virginia98$34,0881 year out$52,309$25,000 33Portland State UniversityPortland, Oregon94$41,5941 year out$56,234$25,624 34Florida International UniversityMiami, Florida93$41,6261 year out$41,039$18,800 35University of North Carolina at GreensboroGreensboro, North Carolina91$30,5091 year out$47,931$26,000 36University of Cincinnati-Main CampusCincinnati, Ohio91$39,2921 year out$46,240$29,125 37Rhode Island CollegeProvidence, Rhode Island90$33,5611 year out$50,901$24,100 38Brigham Young University-IdahoRexburg, Idaho89$29,3551 year out$39,730$14,460 39Commonwealth University of PennsylvaniaBloomsburg, Pennsylvania89$33,9581 year out$45,848$27,000 40University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, Illinois87$36,8151 year out$59,589$19,344 41University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeMilwaukee, Wisconsin87$40,1881 year out$49,042$29,610 42Rutgers University-NewarkNewark, New Jersey86$39,9361 year out$53,428$25,000 43University of Maryland-Baltimore CountyBaltimore, Maryland84$40,3161 year out$59,755$22,500 44University of Nevada-RenoReno, Nevada84$40,5301 year out$65,551$17,905 45The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleKnoxville, Tennessee84$37,7301 year out$47,083$25,683 46The University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas84$37,4371 year out$53,239$21,506 47Utah State UniversityLogan, Utah84$31,7461 year out$44,469$16,132 48Stephen F Austin State UniversityNacogdoches, Texas83$36,6281 year out$45,898$30,543 49University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California81$44,9061 year out$68,779$13,719 50University of KentuckyLexington, Kentucky81$36,3121 year out$44,253$26,875 51Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey81$39,9361 year out$53,428$25,000 52University of North Carolina WilmingtonWilmington, North Carolina81$38,3801 year out$48,183$22,361 53University of Houston-DowntownHouston, Texas81$37,3651 year out$58,711$24,186 54University of MississippiUniversity, Mississippi79$31,1901 year out$41,925$21,986 55University of South FloridaTampa, Florida78$37,4581 year out$46,115$21,875 56Eastern Kentucky UniversityRichmond, Kentucky78$33,5751 year out$44,374$30,750 57Spring Arbor UniversitySpring Arbor, Michigan78$39,0711 year out$48,947$29,893 58Youngstown State UniversityYoungstown, Ohio77$36,4451 year out$45,268$33,422 59Florida State UniversityTallahassee, Florida76$32,6041 year out$52,119$15,193 60Oakland UniversityRochester Hills, Michigan76$38,4461 year out$50,800$28,250 61Weber State UniversityOgden, Utah75$42,7541 year out$52,076$18,497 62Colorado State University-Fort CollinsFort Collins, Colorado73$38,1341 year out$51,722$23,387 63University of Northern IowaCedar Falls, Iowa73$37,2571 year out$46,416$22,847 64East Carolina UniversityGreenville, North Carolina73$35,7451 year out$50,327$26,000 65Tarleton State UniversityStephenville, Texas73$38,5061 year out$44,285$28,836 66Western Kentucky UniversityBowling Green, Kentucky72$34,7481 year out$40,739$26,000 67Bridgewater State UniversityBridgewater, Massachusetts72$41,1871 year out$49,143$27,000 68University of Southern MississippiHattiesburg, Mississippi72$28,2621 year out$41,536$30,700 69The University of AlabamaTuscaloosa, Alabama71$31,4621 year out$50,275$25,000 70University of North Carolina at CharlotteCharlotte, North Carolina71$28,4251 year out$49,921$24,750 71Millersville University of PennsylvaniaMillersville, Pennsylvania71$33,1191 year out$46,004$27,937 72University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin70—1 year out$57,400$21,398 73California State University-FresnoFresno, California69$31,9861 year out$52,602$12,000 74California State University-Long BeachLong Beach, California69$42,9251 year out$64,415$11,276 75Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, New York69—1 year out$57,611$23,981 76Angelo State UniversitySan Angelo, Texas69$38,7711 year out$50,839$27,178 77Ramapo College of New JerseyMahwah, New Jersey68$31,2101 year out$58,059$24,491 78George Mason UniversityFairfax, Virginia68$38,5591 year out$60,768$24,188 79Northern Kentucky UniversityHighland Heights, Kentucky67$37,0371 year out$42,842$28,906 80Winona State UniversityWinona, Minnesota67$44,5461 year out$54,119$27,000 81Rutgers University-CamdenCamden, New Jersey67$39,9361 year out$53,428$25,000 82Bowling Green State University-Main CampusBowling Green, Ohio67$40,9591 year out$51,453$27,000 83California State Polytechnic University-HumboldtArcata, California66$35,6931 year out$57,147$23,286 84University of KansasLawrence, Kansas66$40,0321 year out$45,517$24,000 85Georgia State UniversityAtlanta, Georgia65$29,6091 year out$48,917$30,533 86Western Michigan UniversityKalamazoo, Michigan64$37,2051 year out$54,064$27,000 87University of North DakotaGrand Forks, North Dakota64$49,6951 year out$54,263$26,000 88California State University-ChicoChico, California63$36,8401 year out$55,090$17,000 89Metropolitan State UniversitySaint Paul, Minnesota63$47,6371 year out$57,301$29,615 90Missouri State University-SpringfieldSpringfield, Missouri63$35,5441 year out$42,226$25,085 91Cleveland State UniversityCleveland, Ohio63$35,8691 year out$42,429$33,000 92University of North TexasDenton, Texas63$36,1671 year out$56,182$22,500 93University of Arkansas at Little RockLittle Rock, Arkansas62$35,4081 year out$51,585$26,980 94University of LouisvilleLouisville, Kentucky62$35,2571 year out$47,126$25,209 95Saginaw Valley State UniversityUniversity Center, Michigan62$38,5031 year out$53,518$31,000 96Jackson State UniversityJackson, Mississippi62$26,8731 year out$37,885$36,403 97Southern Connecticut State UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut61$33,8621 year out$56,869$23,935 98Boise State UniversityBoise, Idaho60$40,1261 year out$52,297$28,350 99Ball State UniversityMuncie, Indiana60$39,0941 year out$45,042$23,900 100University of Akron Main CampusAkron, Ohio60$37,5411 year out$42,412$27,708

Associate programs — top 100 of 137 colleges by graduates

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1South Texas CollegeMcAllen, Texas81$18,3361 year out$37,160$6,227 2Salt Lake Community CollegeSalt Lake City, Utah66—1 year out——3Truckee Meadows Community CollegeReno, Nevada46—1 year out——4Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas46$34,0031 year out$47,997$17,922 5College of Western IdahoNampa, Idaho46—1 year out——6Texas Southmost CollegeBrownsville, Texas41—1 year out$40,062$10,550 7Tulsa Community CollegeTulsa, Oklahoma39—1 year out$48,164$10,038 8Passaic County Community CollegePaterson, New Jersey36—1 year out$38,279—9Dallas CollegeDallas, Texas36—1 year out—$31,701 10Stark State CollegeNorth Canton, Ohio35—1 year out$27,680$25,177 11Sinclair Community CollegeDayton, Ohio33—1 year out$35,929$12,500 12San Juan CollegeFarmington, New Mexico32—1 year out$32,881—13Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, Michigan30—1 year out—$24,000 14Tyler Junior CollegeTyler, Texas30—1 year out$34,306$12,000 15Mesa Community CollegeMesa, Arizona29—1 year out——16Itawamba Community CollegeFulton, Mississippi28—1 year out$31,677—17Harrisburg Area Community CollegeHarrisburg, Pennsylvania27—1 year out——18Bristol Community CollegeFall River, Massachusetts26—1 year out$44,205$6,433 19Camden County CollegeBlackwood, New Jersey26$24,6161 year out$40,890$9,219 20Hudson County Community CollegeJersey City, New Jersey25—1 year out——21Georgia Military CollegeMilledgeville, Georgia23—1 year out—$17,033 22Connecticut State Community CollegeNew Britain, Connecticut22$29,5551 year out$43,591—23University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash CollegeBlue Ash, Ohio22—1 year out—$24,075 24Essex County CollegeNewark, New Jersey21—1 year out$34,725—25Northampton County Area Community CollegeBethlehem, Pennsylvania21—1 year out$42,138$17,500 26Holmes Community CollegeGoodman, Mississippi20—1 year out$28,785$10,831 27El Paso Community CollegeEl Paso, Texas20—1 year out——28Glendale Community CollegeGlendale, Arizona19—1 year out——29North Idaho CollegeCoeur d'Alene, Idaho19—1 year out$36,219$20,296 30Macomb Community CollegeWarren, Michigan19—1 year out——31Southern Regional Technical CollegeThomasville, Georgia19—1 year out——32College of Southern IdahoTwin Falls, Idaho18—1 year out——33Vincennes UniversityVincennes, Indiana18—1 year out$36,702$17,500 34Northwest Mississippi Community CollegeSenatobia, Mississippi18—1 year out$31,474—35Reading Area Community CollegeReading, Pennsylvania18—1 year out—$11,725 36Snow CollegeEphraim, Utah18—1 year out——37Tohono O'odham Community CollegeSells, Arizona18—1 year out——38Phoenix CollegePhoenix, Arizona17—1 year out——39Community College of Allegheny CountyPittsburgh, Pennsylvania17—1 year out$32,747—40Henry Ford CollegeDearborn, Michigan16—1 year out——41South Central CollegeNorth Mankato, Minnesota16—1 year out——42Brookdale Community CollegeLincroft, New Jersey16—1 year out$45,935$12,458 43Owens Community CollegePerrysburg, Ohio16—1 year out$38,734—44Clackamas Community CollegeOregon City, Oregon16—1 year out$38,645—45Estrella Mountain Community CollegeAvondale, Arizona16—1 year out——46University of Cincinnati-Clermont CollegeBatavia, Ohio15—1 year out—$24,075 47Athens Technical CollegeAthens, Georgia14—1 year out——48College of DuPageGlen Ellyn, Illinois13—1 year out——49Clark State CollegeSpringfield, Ohio13$29,9811 year out—$25,631 50Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland CampusVineland, New Jersey12$37,2501 year out$44,364$15,803 51Marion Technical CollegeMarion, Ohio12—1 year out$32,990—52Northwest State Community CollegeArchbold, Ohio12—1 year out——53Copiah-Lincoln Community CollegeWesson, Mississippi11—1 year out——54Rogue Community CollegeGrants Pass, Oregon11—1 year out——55Cecil CollegeNorth East, Maryland10—1 year out——56Bay de Noc Community CollegeEscanaba, Michigan10—1 year out——57Coahoma Community CollegeClarksdale, Mississippi10—1 year out——58Ocean County CollegeToms River, New Jersey10—1 year out——59Lakeland Community CollegeKirtland, Ohio10—1 year out——60Lehigh Carbon Community CollegeSchnecksville, Pennsylvania10—1 year out——61Rochester Community and Technical CollegeRochester, Minnesota9—1 year out——62Fort Peck Community CollegePoplar, Montana9—1 year out——63Cankdeska Cikana Community CollegeFort Totten, North Dakota9—1 year out——64South Plains CollegeLevelland, Texas9—1 year out——65Sussex County Community CollegeNewton, New Jersey9—1 year out——66East Mississippi Community CollegeScooba, Mississippi8—1 year out$28,415—67Washington State College of OhioMarietta, Ohio8—1 year out——68Phillips Community College of the University of ArkansasHelena, Arkansas7—1 year out——69Southwestern Illinois CollegeBelleville, Illinois7—1 year out——70Lake Land CollegeMattoon, Illinois7—1 year out$30,828—71Minneapolis Community and Technical CollegeMinneapolis, Minnesota7—1 year out——72Blackfeet Community CollegeBrowning, Montana7—1 year out——73Lorain County Community CollegeElyria, Ohio7—1 year out——74Zane State CollegeZanesville, Ohio7—1 year out$36,389—75Community College of Rhode IslandWarwick, Rhode Island7—1 year out——76Howard CollegeBig Spring, Texas7—1 year out——77Casper CollegeCasper, Wyoming7—1 year out——78Georgia Northwestern Technical CollegeRome, Georgia6—1 year out——79Hawkeye Community CollegeWaterloo, Iowa6—1 year out——80Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell CampusRoswell, New Mexico6—1 year out——81Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma CityOklahoma City, Oklahoma6—1 year out——82Butler County Community CollegeButler, Pennsylvania6—1 year out——83York County Community CollegeWells, Maine6—1 year out——84Iowa Western Community CollegeCouncil Bluffs, Iowa5—1 year out——85Southwestern Michigan CollegeDowagiac, Michigan5—1 year out——86Century CollegeWhite Bear Lake, Minnesota5—1 year out——87Northeast Community CollegeNorfolk, Nebraska5—1 year out——88Southeast New Mexico CollegeCarlsbad, New Mexico5—1 year out——89Northern New Mexico CollegeEspanola, New Mexico5—1 year out——90Chemeketa Community CollegeSalem, Oregon5—1 year out$33,118—91Community College of Beaver CountyMonaca, Pennsylvania5—1 year out——92Rio Salado CollegeTempe, Arizona4—1 year out——93Waubonsee Community CollegeSugar Grove, Illinois4—1 year out——94Kirkwood Community CollegeCedar Rapids, Iowa4—1 year out——95Haskell Indian Nations UniversityLawrence, Kansas4—1 year out——96Gogebic Community CollegeIronwood, Michigan4—1 year out——97Lake Superior State UniversitySault Ste Marie, Michigan4—1 year out——98Alexandria Technical & Community CollegeAlexandria, Minnesota4—1 year out——99Inver Hills Community CollegeInver Grove Heights, Minnesota4—1 year out——100University of Rio GrandeRio Grande, Ohio4—1 year out——

Certificate programs — 50 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Sinclair Community CollegeDayton, Ohio65—1 year out—$7,500 2University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, Massachusetts58—1 year out——3Indiana University-IndianapolisIndianapolis, Indiana46$41,5611 year out—$14,535 4University of Wisconsin-Eau ClaireEau Claire, Wisconsin45—1 year out——5Clark State CollegeSpringfield, Ohio33—1 year out——6Indiana Wesleyan University-MarionMarion, Indiana27—1 year out——7Passaic County Community CollegePaterson, New Jersey23—1 year out$39,753—8Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton, Florida18—1 year out—$18,288 9Macomb Community CollegeWarren, Michigan16—1 year out——10University of Wisconsin-StoutMenomonie, Wisconsin16—1 year out——11University of KansasLawrence, Kansas15—1 year out——12Clackamas Community CollegeOregon City, Oregon14—1 year out——13Mt Hood Community CollegeGresham, Oregon14—1 year out——14Dallas CollegeDallas, Texas14—1 year out——15Eastern Kentucky UniversityRichmond, Kentucky12—1 year out$34,291—16Lakeland Community CollegeKirtland, Ohio12—1 year out——17Georgia Northwestern Technical CollegeRome, Georgia11—1 year out——18The College of Saint ScholasticaDuluth, Minnesota10—1 year out——19James A. Rhodes State CollegeLima, Ohio10—1 year out——20Wichita State UniversityWichita, Kansas9—1 year out——21University of UtahSalt Lake City, Utah9—1 year out——22Athens Technical CollegeAthens, Georgia9—1 year out——23Camden County CollegeBlackwood, New Jersey8—1 year out——24Cedar Crest CollegeAllentown, Pennsylvania7—1 year out——25Southeastern UniversityLakeland, Florida6—1 year out——26Delta CollegeUniversity Center, Michigan6—1 year out——27Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona5—1 year out——28Pima Community CollegeTucson, Arizona5—1 year out$29,518$5,250 29Bristol Community CollegeFall River, Massachusetts5—1 year out——30Massachusetts Bay Community CollegeWellesley Hills, Massachusetts5—1 year out——31Community College of Allegheny CountyPittsburgh, Pennsylvania5—1 year out——32Tohono O'odham Community CollegeSells, Arizona5—1 year out——33University of Cincinnati-Main CampusCincinnati, Ohio4—1 year out——34San Antonio CollegeSan Antonio, Texas4—1 year out——35Southern Regional Technical CollegeThomasville, Georgia4—1 year out——36City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington CollegeChicago, Illinois3—1 year out——37Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts2—1 year out——38Saginaw Valley State UniversityUniversity Center, Michigan2—1 year out——39Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell CampusRoswell, New Mexico2—1 year out——40Carl Albert State CollegePoteau, Oklahoma2—1 year out——41Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma CityOklahoma City, Oklahoma2—1 year out——42The University of Texas at ArlingtonArlington, Texas2—1 year out——43Eastern Washington UniversityCheney, Washington2—1 year out$46,115—44Edmonds CollegeLynnwood, Washington2—1 year out——45University of ArkansasFayetteville, Arkansas1—1 year out——46Pikes Peak State CollegeColorado Springs, Colorado1—1 year out——47Connecticut State Community CollegeNew Britain, Connecticut1—1 year out——48College of Lake CountyGrayslake, Illinois1—1 year out——49Oakton CollegeDes Plaines, Illinois1—1 year out——50Madonna UniversityLivonia, Michigan1—1 year out——

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).