Social Work at Elms College

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

Elms College is located in Chicopee, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 1,355. Of the 354 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Elms College in 2021, 63 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.

Elms College Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

Elms College Social Work Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the social work progam at Elms College 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 Elms College 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	10
	61
Most Popular Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	99
Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	247
Most Popular Social Work Schools	263
Best Social Work Schools	272
Best Value Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	358

Earnings of Elms College Social Work Graduates

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at Elms College is $35,262. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 11% higher than the national average of $31,866 for all social work bachelor's degree recipients.

Social Work Student Demographics at Elms College

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

Elms College Social Work Bachelor’s Program

Of the 63 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Social Work from Elms College in 2020-2021, 11% were men and 89% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	26
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	28

Elms College 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 MA, the home state for Elms College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	12,340	$48,670
Healthcare Social Workers	10,040	$61,960
Social and Community Service Managers	7,420	$70,500
Substance Abuse Social Workers	6,880	$43,270
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	1,040	$69,190

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 Phelan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.