Social Work at California State University - San Bernardino

If you plan to study social work, take a look at what California State University - San Bernardino has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

CSUSB is located in San Bernardino, California and approximately 19,689 students attend the school each year. Of the 4,061 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from California State University - San Bernardino in 2021, 51 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.

CSUSB Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work
• Master’s Degree in Social Work

CSUSB Social Work Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks social work programs across the country. The following shows how CSUSB 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 CSUSB 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
Best Value Social Work Master’s Degree Schools	60
Most Popular Social Work Master’s Degree Schools	88
Best Social Work Schools	91

In 2021, 104 students received their master’s degree in social work from CSUSB. This makes it the #88 most popular school for social work master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Social Work Graduates from CSUSB Make?

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at CSUSB is $37,690. This is 18% higher than $31,866, which is the national average for all social work bachelor's degree recipients.

Social Work Student Demographics at CSUSB

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

CSUSB Social Work Bachelor’s Program

Of the 51 social work students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from CSUSB, about 8% were men and 92% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 37% 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 California State University - San Bernardino with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	37
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

CSUSB Social Work Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of social work master's degrees went to men and 86% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 12% men graduate in social work each year. CSUSB does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

In the social work master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 76% of degree recipients. That is 31% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from California State University - San Bernardino with a master's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	58
White	16
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

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

Related Majors

• Public Administration

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 CA, the home state for California State University - San Bernardino.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	31,290	$59,500
Marriage and Family Therapists	21,920	$51,950
Healthcare Social Workers	18,600	$76,450
Substance Abuse Social Workers	14,840	$61,640
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	13,560	$89,240

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 John Hilliard under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.