Social Work at Centenary University

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

Centenary is located in Hackettstown, New Jersey and approximately 1,629 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 13 social work majors received their bachelor's degree from Centenary.

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.

Centenary Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

Centenary Social Work Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The social work major at Centenary 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 Popular Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	424

Social Work Student Demographics at Centenary

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

Centenary Social Work Bachelor’s Program

Of the 13 social work students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Centenary, about 31% were men and 69% were women. The typical social work bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at Centenary since its program graduates 19% more men than average.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social work at Centenary 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 Centenary University with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Centenary 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 NJ, the home state for Centenary University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	5,060	$67,700
Marriage and Family Therapists	4,150	$72,380
Social and Community Service Managers	3,370	$88,570
Healthcare Social Workers	3,120	$64,570
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	2,790	$73,810

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.