Social Work at Alcorn State University

If you are interested in studying social work, you may want to check out the program at Alcorn State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Alcorn State is located in Alcorn State, Mississippi and has a total student population of 3,230. Of the 565 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Alcorn State University in 2021, 28 of them were social work majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Social Work section at the bottom of this page.

Alcorn State Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

Alcorn State Social Work Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the social work progam at Alcorn State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The social work major at Alcorn State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Social Work. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	100
Most Focused Social Work Schools	217

Earnings of Alcorn State Social Work Graduates

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at Alcorn State is $15,803. This is less than $31,866, which is the national average of all social work majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Social Work Student Demographics at Alcorn State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the social work majors at Alcorn State University.

Alcorn State Social Work Bachelor’s Program

Of the 28 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Social Work from Alcorn State in 2020-2021, 11% were men and 89% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 55% more racial-ethnic minorities in its social work bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Alcorn State University with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	28
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Alcorn State also has a doctoral program available in social work. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Social Work Grads May Go Into

A degree in social work can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MS, the home state for Alcorn State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	2,700	$35,100
Healthcare Social Workers	1,070	$48,080
Social and Community Service Managers	920	$47,700
Substance Abuse Social Workers	840	$41,470
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	600	$36,790

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Jack E. Boucher under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.