Social Work at Fresno Pacific University

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

Fresno Pacific is located in Fresno, California and approximately 3,995 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 210 students received a bachelor's degree in social work from Fresno Pacific.

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.

Fresno Pacific Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

Fresno Pacific Social Work Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the social work progam at Fresno Pacific compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Fresno Pacific 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	4
Most Focused Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	9
Most Focused Social Work Schools	24
Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	71
Best Value Social Work Schools	299

How Much Do Social Work Graduates from Fresno Pacific Make?

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at Fresno Pacific is $32,828. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 3% higher than the national average of $31,866 for all social work bachelor's degree recipients.

Social Work Student Demographics at Fresno Pacific

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

Fresno Pacific Social Work Bachelor’s Program

Of the 210 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Social Work from Fresno Pacific in 2020-2021, 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 Fresno Pacific since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% more racial-ethnic minorities in its social work bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	144
White	38
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

Fresno Pacific 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 CA, the home state for Fresno Pacific University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	31,290	$59,500
Marriage and Family Therapists	21,920	$51,950
Healthcare Social Workers	18,600	$76,450
Substance Abuse Social Workers	14,840	$61,640
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	13,560	$89,240

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 Jon Harder under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.