Social Work at Gannon University

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

Gannon is located in Erie, Pennsylvania and approximately 4,251 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students received a bachelor's degree in social work from Gannon.

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.

Gannon Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

Gannon Social Work Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the social work progam at Gannon 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 Gannon 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 Schools	600

Social Work Student Demographics at Gannon

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

Gannon Social Work Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of social work bachelor's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. The typical social work bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at Gannon since its program graduates 48% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Public Administration

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 PA, the home state for Gannon University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	20,160	$43,680
Social and Community Service Managers	8,300	$65,620
Substance Abuse Social Workers	7,860	$38,440
Healthcare Social Workers	7,560	$53,770
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	4,150	$55,280

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.