Social Work at Cornerstone University

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

Cornerstone is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan and approximately 1,917 students attend the school each year. Of the 347 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Cornerstone University in 2021, 8 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.

Cornerstone Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

Cornerstone Social Work Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the social work progam at Cornerstone 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 Cornerstone 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
	178
Most Popular Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	501
Most Focused Social Work Schools	554

How Much Do Social Work Graduates from Cornerstone Make?

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at Cornerstone is $31,601. This is less than $31,866, which is the national average of all social work majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Social Work Student Demographics at Cornerstone

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

Cornerstone Social Work Bachelor’s Program

Of the 8 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Social Work from Cornerstone in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social work at Cornerstone 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 Cornerstone University with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Human Services

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 MI, the home state for Cornerstone University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	13,790	$50,620
Healthcare Social Workers	5,400	$56,830
Social and Community Service Managers	4,580	$72,450
Substance Abuse Social Workers	4,050	$50,060
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	2,400	$60,490

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 Wcbpolish under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.