Social Work at Eastern Connecticut State University

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

ECSU is located in Willimantic, Connecticut and has a total student population of 4,644. In 2021, 47 social work majors received their bachelor's degree from ECSU.

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.

ECSU Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

ECSU Social Work Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks social work programs across the country. The following shows how ECSU 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 ECSU 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	167
Most Popular Social Work Schools	308
	335
Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	360

How Much Do Social Work Graduates from ECSU Make?

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at ECSU is $28,483. 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 ECSU

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

ECSU Social Work Bachelor’s Program

Of the 47 social work students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from ECSU, about 15% were men and 85% were women. The typical social work bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at ECSU since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social work at ECSU 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 Eastern Connecticut State University with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	28
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

ECSU 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 CT, the home state for Eastern Connecticut State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	5,370	$69,520
Social and Community Service Managers	3,040	$73,560
Healthcare Social Workers	2,110	$72,640
Substance Abuse Social Workers	1,850	$63,290
Social Workers	650	$65,230

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.