Social Work: bachelor's degree earnings by college

Median earnings of social work graduates (bachelor's degree) one year after graduation, at 323 colleges. National median: $41,465, rising to $51,470 after four years.

#	College	State	Earnings after 1 yr	After 4 yrs	Median debt
1	California State University-San Bernardino	CA	$59,991	$69,201	$11,000
2	College of Staten Island CUNY	NY	$54,790	$61,558	—
3	University of Massachusetts Global	CA	$54,047	$47,441	$27,874
4	University of the District of Columbia	DC	$53,398	$65,986	$33,183
5	Viterbo University	WI	$51,693	$57,159	—
6	University of California-Berkeley	CA	$51,615	$67,393	$8,893
7	Southwest Minnesota State University	MN	$51,003	$45,467	$20,031
8	Syracuse University	NY	$50,649	$60,920	$26,000
9	University of North Dakota	ND	$50,638	$56,001	$21,500
10	Metropolitan State University	MN	$49,535	$60,755	$21,500
11	Concordia College at Moorhead	MN	$49,276	$55,006	—
12	St Olaf College	MN	$49,197	$50,611	$27,000
13	Bethel University	MN	$49,061	$54,448	$21,500
14	George Fox University	OR	$48,756	$62,201	$19,733
15	Plymouth State University	NH	$48,656	$52,587	$25,000
16	Metropolitan State University of Denver	CO	$48,491	$55,915	$22,090
17	Creighton University	NE	$48,448	$61,829	$26,000
18	Minnesota State University-Mankato	MN	$48,388	$56,858	$21,057
19	National Louis University	IL	$48,166	—	$31,455
20	University of Mary	ND	$48,164	—	—
21	Briar Cliff University	IA	$47,946	$50,315	$25,000
22	University of Minnesota-Duluth	MN	$47,703	$54,226	$18,154
23	Minot State University	ND	$47,573	$51,931	$14,850
24	Indiana University-Bloomington	IN	$47,517	$51,994	$15,500
25	Eastern Washington University	WA	$47,508	$60,696	$16,159
26	Loyola University Chicago	IL	$47,301	$59,206	$21,500
27	CUNY York College	NY	$47,277	$60,820	—
28	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	WI	$47,164	$52,461	$19,218
29	Alverno College	WI	$47,077	—	—
30	Colorado State University Pueblo	CO	$46,941	$58,449	$15,500
31	Minnesota State University Moorhead	MN	$46,880	$50,419	$20,250
32	CUNY Hunter College	NY	$46,845	$70,273	$11,000
33	Bemidji State University	MN	$46,684	$56,345	$22,979
34	California State University-Chico	CA	$46,652	$57,146	$12,410
35	University of Utah	UT	$46,574	$59,551	$13,928
36	Fort Hays State University	KS	$46,570	$53,549	$17,500
37	Westfield State University	MA	$46,528	$55,699	$20,841
38	Winona State University	MN	$46,524	$54,056	$20,250
39	Rutgers University-Camden	NJ	$46,514	$56,797	$17,475
40	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	NJ	$46,514	$56,797	$17,475
41	Rutgers University-Newark	NJ	$46,514	$56,797	$17,475
42	Central Connecticut State University	CT	$46,275	$59,309	$27,000
43	Aurora University	IL	$46,164	$55,546	$15,977
44	University of Wisconsin-Superior	WI	$46,153	$54,195	$22,811
45	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	AZ	$46,092	$54,504	$16,811
46	Arizona State University Digital Immersion	AZ	$46,092	$54,504	$16,811
47	North Central University	MN	$46,082	—	—
48	Warner Pacific University	OR	$46,032	—	—
49	Bridgewater State University	MA	$45,945	$59,510	$21,500
50	University of Kansas	KS	$45,857	$55,582	$20,500
51	Georgian Court University	NJ	$45,745	$48,365	$22,500
52	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	OK	$45,730	$54,330	$22,727
53	Nebraska Wesleyan University	NE	$45,704	$48,785	$21,500
54	California State University-Long Beach	CA	$45,614	$68,448	$11,000
55	CUNY Lehman College	NY	$45,547	$62,955	$12,000
56	College of Our Lady of the Elms	MA	$45,509	$60,938	$23,000
57	University of Massachusetts-Boston	MA	$45,394	$51,034	$25,000
58	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	WI	$45,302	$50,392	$20,588
59	La Salle University	PA	$45,289	$55,431	$27,000
60	University of Maryland-Baltimore County	MD	$45,256	$58,412	$19,788
61	Salem State University	MA	$45,002	$60,026	$25,605
62	St Catherine University	MN	$44,956	$62,227	$24,445
63	Capital University	OH	$44,946	$55,078	$25,000
64	Saint Cloud State University	MN	$44,941	$52,765	$21,493
65	San Francisco State University	CA	$44,889	$68,524	$21,763
66	Vermont State University	VT	$44,807	—	—
67	Mercy University	NY	$44,745	$59,024	$16,300
68	University of Nebraska at Kearney	NE	$44,638	$53,203	$19,472
69	University of Wisconsin-Whitewater	WI	$44,550	$52,888	$19,501
70	Florida Atlantic University	FL	$44,505	$50,966	$15,000
71	The College of Saint Scholastica	MN	$44,419	$55,743	$18,832
72	Saint Leo University	FL	$44,349	$44,711	$22,125
73	Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion	IN	$44,274	$50,351	$29,750
74	Indiana Wesleyan University-National & Global	IN	$44,274	$50,351	$29,750
75	University of Southern Maine	ME	$44,269	$52,903	$12,757
76	California State University-Sacramento	CA	$43,986	$58,280	$14,500
77	Walden University	MN	$43,977	—	$36,466
78	Western New Mexico University	NM	$43,976	$49,567	$19,850
79	The University of Texas at Austin	TX	$43,969	$59,850	$15,757
80	University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point	WI	$43,905	$50,710	$24,747
81	University of Nevada-Reno	NV	$43,794	$60,320	$19,000
82	Western Carolina University	NC	$43,655	$50,025	$23,320
83	Texas State University	TX	$43,629	$52,766	$23,000
84	Rhode Island College	RI	$43,542	$53,312	$19,462
85	The University of Montana	MT	$43,531	$46,459	$24,894
86	West Chester University of Pennsylvania	PA	$43,516	—	$19,275
87	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	NC	$43,489	$53,209	$19,791
88	University of Nebraska at Omaha	NE	$43,482	$50,169	$18,203
89	George Mason University	VA	$43,332	$55,715	$17,984
90	Fresno Pacific University	CA	$43,330	$61,951	$24,997
91	University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh	WI	$43,311	$51,044	$22,523
92	Southern Connecticut State University	CT	$43,267	$59,438	$25,000
93	Northeastern Illinois University	IL	$43,221	$53,848	$11,000
94	California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt	CA	$43,207	$57,953	$12,843
95	Keuka College	NY	$43,145	$54,540	$25,000
96	Portland State University	OR	$43,124	$63,456	$20,175
97	State University of New York at Plattsburgh	NY	$43,123	$59,925	$24,000
98	Weber State University	UT	$43,070	$55,801	$19,166
99	Colorado State University-Fort Collins	CO	$43,014	$54,720	$19,500
100	Bowling Green State University-Main Campus	OH	$42,953	$51,267	$25,435
101	Augsburg University	MN	$42,912	$60,546	$25,000
102	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	WA	$42,900	$59,256	$12,107
103	University of Washington-Tacoma Campus	WA	$42,900	$59,256	$12,107
104	New York University	NY	$42,874	$59,593	$17,250
105	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	PA	$42,871	$56,092	$20,500
106	Prairie View A & M University	TX	$42,859	$45,742	$26,250
107	University of Northern Iowa	IA	$42,826	$50,629	$18,633
108	Colorado Mesa University	CO	$42,787	$50,441	$16,160
109	Boise State University	ID	$42,771	$55,188	$22,994
110	Mars Hill University	NC	$42,745	$51,053	$23,000
111	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	OH	$42,726	$49,465	$26,197
112	University of Iowa	IA	$42,694	$52,451	$19,135
113	Florida Gulf Coast University	FL	$42,679	$53,707	$16,989
114	Indiana University-Indianapolis	IN	$42,668	$50,246	$17,946
115	University of Wisconsin-Green Bay	WI	$42,664	$54,252	$22,875
116	University of Michigan-Flint	MI	$42,624	$49,165	$26,934
117	Central State University	OH	$42,415	$47,853	$30,000
118	Ferris State University	MI	$42,406	$53,351	$23,720
119	Millersville University of Pennsylvania	PA	$42,406	$49,400	$23,308
120	San Diego State University	CA	$42,357	$56,674	$11,000
121	Southeast Missouri State University	MO	$42,337	$43,260	$22,318
122	Our Lady of the Lake University	TX	$42,327	$51,943	$22,750
123	CUNY Medgar Evers College	NY	$42,326	$60,755	$14,025
124	University of Akron Main Campus	OH	$42,313	$50,823	$22,750
125	University of Akron Wayne College	OH	$42,313	$50,823	$22,750
126	Southern Illinois University Edwardsville	IL	$42,208	$52,480	$21,250
127	Heritage University	WA	$42,200	$58,634	$14,250
128	Azusa Pacific University	CA	$42,195	—	$20,000
129	University of Memphis	TN	$42,192	$46,494	$20,505
130	Barton College	NC	$42,160	$49,242	$26,596
131	Appalachian State University	NC	$42,136	$51,012	$16,702
132	Texas A&M University-Central Texas	TX	$42,136	$58,052	$14,226
133	Northeastern State University	OK	$42,090	$54,943	$15,125
134	Wayne State University	MI	$42,086	$56,152	$21,357
135	University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	$42,052	$54,375	$13,500
136	University of Hawaii at Manoa	HI	$42,016	$58,097	$23,338
137	Ramapo College of New Jersey	NJ	$42,001	$58,371	$18,375
138	Eastern Michigan University	MI	$41,987	$52,962	$25,000
139	University of Arkansas	AR	$41,975	$49,458	$21,128
140	Illinois State University	IL	$41,968	$55,089	$20,500
141	Spring Arbor University	MI	$41,961	$49,642	$26,095
142	Eastern Connecticut State University	CT	$41,953	$61,908	$23,000
143	Lewis-Clark State College	ID	$41,943	$49,429	$23,374
144	Mount Vernon Nazarene University	OH	$41,839	$51,766	$25,000
145	Central Michigan University	MI	$41,806	$53,279	$27,000
146	Mary Baldwin University	VA	$41,789	$46,971	$26,000
147	Western Connecticut State University	CT	$41,781	$56,058	$24,125
148	Indiana University-East	IN	$41,766	$43,470	—
149	Liberty University	VA	$41,728	$48,003	$27,166
150	Marquette University	WI	$41,679	$63,678	$21,000
151	Indiana University-Northwest	IN	$41,674	$51,575	$22,548
152	Union University	TN	$41,673	$46,286	$25,100
153	Morgan State University	MD	$41,672	$60,082	$24,000
154	Grand Canyon University	AZ	$41,663	$53,716	$30,229
155	Stephen F Austin State University	TX	$41,661	$50,754	$19,625
156	The University of Texas at Arlington	TX	$41,622	$50,388	$20,614
157	Winston-Salem State University	NC	$41,594	$53,028	$25,000
158	Middle Tennessee State University	TN	$41,515	$45,451	$21,500
159	Indiana State University	IN	$41,482	$46,548	$20,000
160	Marshall University	WV	$41,477	$41,684	$20,455
161	SUNY Brockport	NY	$41,471	$55,602	$18,464
162	University of Wyoming	WY	$41,465	$44,701	$18,000
163	Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania	PA	$41,388	$49,794	$22,456
164	University of Missouri-St Louis	MO	$41,299	$52,337	$21,000
165	Wright State University-Main Campus	OH	$41,280	$47,235	$19,655
166	Tarleton State University	TX	$41,257	$50,275	$23,000
167	Pennsylvania Western University	PA	$41,149	$45,436	$25,996
168	University of Houston-Downtown	TX	$41,130	$54,784	$21,615
169	University of North Texas	TX	$41,123	$50,579	$17,750
170	Midwestern State University	TX	$41,088	$51,901	$26,684
171	University of North Carolina at Pembroke	NC	$41,084	$52,344	$25,000
172	Barry University	FL	$41,081	$61,820	$28,750
173	Grand Valley State University	MI	$41,065	$50,690	$20,500
174	Longwood University	VA	$41,048	$48,224	$24,166
175	University of Georgia	GA	$41,043	$48,747	$16,338
176	Saginaw Valley State University	MI	$41,037	$56,961	$25,371
177	Missouri State University-Springfield	MO	$41,033	$46,403	$23,763
178	East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania	PA	$41,022	$50,979	$22,165
179	Stockton University	NJ	$40,989	$59,102	$21,500
180	King University	TN	$40,984	—	$23,000
181	Purdue University Global	IN	$40,916	$42,798	$41,789
182	Brescia University	KY	$40,894	$56,285	$29,600
183	Mount Mercy University	IA	$40,817	$49,542	—
184	Ohio State University-Lima Campus	OH	$40,806	$50,596	$19,254
185	Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus	OH	$40,806	$50,596	$19,254
186	Ohio State University-Marion Campus	OH	$40,806	$50,596	$19,254
187	Ohio State University-Newark Campus	OH	$40,806	$50,596	$19,254
188	Ohio State University-Main Campus	OH	$40,806	$50,596	$19,254
189	Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania	PA	$40,803	$46,974	$19,250
190	Ball State University	IN	$40,789	$50,321	$18,200
191	Kutztown University of Pennsylvania	PA	$40,787	$47,221	$26,000
192	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	NC	$40,739	$47,050	$23,000
193	Northern Arizona University	AZ	$40,695	$54,000	$19,922
194	Temple University	PA	$40,680	$54,166	$24,125
195	University of Toledo	OH	$40,654	$45,476	$25,000
196	Kansas State University	KS	$40,623	$50,480	$16,554
197	Montclair State University	NJ	$40,596	$51,646	$21,500
198	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	NV	$40,560	$60,344	$18,500
199	New Mexico State University-Main Campus	NM	$40,549	$50,295	$14,420
200	Loras College	IA	$40,533	$50,789	$26,218
201	Ohio University-Eastern Campus	OH	$40,529	$49,690	$17,805
202	Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus	OH	$40,529	$49,690	$17,805
203	Ohio University-Southern Campus	OH	$40,529	$49,690	$17,805
204	Ohio University-Lancaster Campus	OH	$40,529	$49,690	$17,805
205	Ohio University-Main Campus	OH	$40,529	$49,690	$17,805
206	Ohio University-Zanesville Campus	OH	$40,529	$49,690	$17,805
207	McDaniel College	MD	$40,509	$47,607	$23,500
208	Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania	PA	$40,449	$48,454	$26,752
209	Texas Woman's University	TX	$40,444	$45,761	$17,750
210	James Madison University	VA	$40,442	$52,991	$15,271
211	University of Vermont	VT	$40,435	$54,235	$19,500
212	Oakland University	MI	$40,358	$55,754	$25,000
213	Cleveland State University	OH	$40,263	$48,571	$25,000
214	Roberts Wesleyan University	NY	$40,241	$44,863	$24,759
215	SUNY Buffalo State University	NY	$40,232	$53,130	$23,231
216	Miami University-Oxford	OH	$40,190	$49,572	$19,000
217	Eastern Kentucky University	KY	$40,142	$46,705	$25,000
218	University of Louisville	KY	$40,109	$54,437	$24,500
219	North Carolina Central University	NC	$40,092	$49,856	$25,740
220	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale	IL	$39,992	$49,952	$24,828
221	University of Central Missouri	MO	$39,834	$51,349	$22,425
222	Indiana University-South Bend	IN	$39,822	$48,344	$16,833
223	Southeastern Louisiana University	LA	$39,805	$43,291	$23,456
224	Delaware State University	DE	$39,751	$56,937	$26,000
225	University of Arkansas at Little Rock	AR	$39,675	$49,594	$25,000
226	California State University-Los Angeles	CA	$39,621	$59,545	$14,918
227	University of North Carolina Wilmington	NC	$39,510	$47,587	$20,000
228	Malone University	OH	$39,442	$46,238	$30,437
229	Shepherd University	WV	$39,267	$48,122	$21,500
230	Utah State University	UT	$39,253	$47,699	$19,500
231	Georgia State University	GA	$39,245	$52,356	$25,261
232	Virginia State University	VA	$39,232	$49,615	$24,869
233	Northern Michigan University	MI	$39,116	$54,836	$23,081
234	SUNY at Fredonia	NY	$39,109	$53,223	$25,017
235	University of Maine	ME	$39,013	$51,470	$25,500
236	Idaho State University	ID	$38,954	$51,827	$24,562
237	Texas Southern University	TX	$38,931	$49,871	$27,467
238	Lamar University	TX	$38,838	$50,453	$26,500
239	Missouri Western State University	MO	$38,832	$46,187	$21,939
240	West Virginia State University	WV	$38,809	$41,571	—
241	University of Kentucky	KY	$38,808	$51,313	$20,268
242	California State University-Fresno	CA	$38,751	$56,038	$12,500
243	Hope College	MI	$38,733	$49,587	$25,000
244	Eastern University	PA	$38,628	$46,324	—
245	East Tennessee State University	TN	$38,577	$43,855	$22,625
246	The University of Texas at El Paso	TX	$38,514	$53,995	$14,500
247	Johnson C Smith University	NC	$38,484	$54,607	$32,150
248	Northern Kentucky University	KY	$38,461	$44,914	$21,417
249	Cairn University-Langhorne	PA	$38,457	$45,729	—
250	University of Montevallo	AL	$38,406	$43,388	$25,021
251	Washburn University	KS	$38,268	$50,122	$20,500
252	Florida International University	FL	$38,032	$55,923	$13,750
253	Grand View University	IA	$38,025	$41,210	$18,750
254	Youngstown State University	OH	$37,880	$49,361	$22,750
255	Calvin University	MI	$37,870	$49,811	$19,500
256	Pittsburg State University	KS	$37,860	$53,878	$23,625
257	Lancaster Bible College	PA	$37,687	$43,337	—
258	Northwestern State University of Louisiana	LA	$37,669	$47,296	$27,000
259	Radford University	VA	$37,659	$47,716	$19,500
260	West Virginia University	WV	$37,657	$50,130	$20,025
261	University of North Alabama	AL	$37,640	$37,853	$25,625
262	Troy University	AL	$37,596	$45,789	$28,500
263	University of Central Florida	FL	$37,549	$51,153	$15,875
264	West Texas A & M University	TX	$37,511	$44,174	$21,250
265	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	NC	$37,463	$44,592	$21,375
266	University of West Florida	FL	$37,380	$45,806	$14,750
267	University of South Alabama	AL	$37,243	$46,667	$25,625
268	Austin Peay State University	TN	$37,239	$44,152	$23,700
269	Elizabeth City State University	NC	$37,193	$45,224	$19,907
270	University of Indianapolis	IN	$37,152	$50,666	$24,590
271	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	$37,083	$56,917	$13,677
272	Campbellsville University	KY	$37,079	$55,942	$17,600
273	Western Illinois University	IL	$36,996	$54,063	$29,686
274	Brigham Young University-Idaho	ID	$36,960	$45,229	$12,750
275	Virginia Commonwealth University	VA	$36,945	$55,288	$21,996
276	Western Kentucky University	KY	$36,862	$48,771	$23,251
277	University of North Florida	FL	$36,781	$47,659	$12,355
278	The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga	TN	$36,754	$48,410	$16,723
279	Morehead State University	KY	$36,704	$45,201	$21,304
280	East Texas A&M University	TX	$36,696	$52,013	$18,211
281	Concord University	WV	$36,635	$46,324	$19,862
282	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	TN	$36,621	$48,510	$19,500
283	Augusta University	GA	$36,538	$43,795	$27,625
284	Wichita State University	KS	$36,526	$49,670	$20,002
285	Murray State University	KY	$36,314	$41,165	$24,956
286	Jacksonville State University	AL	$36,303	$45,882	$17,049
287	Florida State University	FL	$36,274	$50,723	$11,503
288	Fayetteville State University	NC	$36,161	$46,119	$26,250
289	Winthrop University	SC	$36,128	$46,548	$25,125
290	Bradley University	IL	$36,087	$53,715	—
291	Grambling State University	LA	$36,055	$42,644	$37,500
292	University of South Florida	FL	$36,004	$52,451	$15,000
293	Alabama State University	AL	$35,957	$43,661	$28,500
294	The University of Alabama	AL	$35,828	$49,561	$23,250
295	Salisbury University	MD	$35,782	$59,110	$19,687
296	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus	NH	$35,747	$58,308	$25,488
297	University of Alabama at Birmingham	AL	$35,607	$47,791	$21,154
298	Western Michigan University	MI	$35,351	$49,850	$25,000
299	Arkansas State University	AR	$35,296	$47,449	$22,150
300	Jackson State University	MS	$35,187	$41,566	$24,625

Earnings are median annual earnings of graduates who received federal financial aid, measured by the U.S. Department of Education. Colleges with too few graduates are not shown.

Frequently asked questions

How much do social work graduates earn?

The median college reports $41,465 in earnings one year after a bachelor's degree in social work and $51,470 four years after. The highest is $59,991 at California State University-San Bernardino.

How much student debt do social work graduates have?

The median federal loan debt for this degree is about $21,500 at the typical college.