Social Work at Avila University

What traits are you looking for in a social work school? To help you decide if Avila University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's social work program.

Avila is located in Kansas City, Missouri and approximately 1,414 students attend the school each year. Of the 268 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Avila University in 2021, 14 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.

Avila Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

Avila Social Work Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks social work programs across the country. The following shows how Avila performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The social work major at Avila 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	149
Most Popular Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	404

Social Work Student Demographics at Avila

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

Avila Social Work Bachelor’s Program

Of the 14 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in social work from Avila in 2021, 7% were men and 93% were women.

About 64% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social work at Avila are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Avila 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 MO, the home state for Avila University.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	8,620	$37,680
Healthcare Social Workers	5,680	$46,370
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	2,460	$37,320
Social and Community Service Managers	2,290	$60,450
Substance Abuse Social Workers	2,050	$38,880

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.