Social Work at Colorado State University - Fort Collins

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

Colorado State is located in Fort Collins, Colorado and approximately 32,428 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 98 social work majors received their bachelor's degree from Colorado State.

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.

Colorado State Social Work Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Colorado State

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Colorado State offers distance education options for social work at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Colorado State Social Work Rankings

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

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 Colorado 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 Doctor’s Degree Schools	73
Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools	91
Most Focused Social Work Master’s Degree Schools	223
Most Focused Social Work Schools	390

In 2021, 86 students received their master’s degree in social work from Colorado State. This makes it the #103 most popular school for social work master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in social work, making the school the #73 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Social Work Graduates from Colorado State Make?

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at Colorado State is $33,713. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 6% higher than the national average of $31,866 for all social work bachelor's degree recipients.

Social Work Student Demographics at Colorado State

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

Colorado State Social Work Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 98 students earned a bachelor's degree in social work from Colorado State. About 81% of these graduates were women and the other 19% were men. The typical social work bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at Colorado State since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social work at Colorado State 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 Colorado State University - Fort Collins with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	69
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Colorado State Social Work Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 86 social work majors earned their master's degree from Colorado State. Of these graduates, 10% were men and 90% were women.

Of the students who received a social work master's degree from Colorado State, 74% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	64
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Colorado 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 CO, the home state for Colorado State University - Fort Collins.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	6,700	$51,060
Healthcare Social Workers	3,130	$52,150
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	2,250	$60,150
Substance Abuse Social Workers	1,780	$46,980
Social and Community Service Managers	1,530	$84,360

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 Spilly816 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.