Social Work at George Mason University

Every social work school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the social work program at George Mason University stacks up to those at other schools.

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and has a total student population of 38,541. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 49 students received a bachelor's degree in social work from GMU.

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.

GMU Social Work Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at GMU

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? GMU offers distance education options for social work at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

GMU Social Work Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks social work programs across the country. The following shows how GMU 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 GMU 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	161
Best Value Social Work Schools	370

In 2021, 79 students received their master’s degree in social work from GMU. This makes it the #121 most popular school for social work master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of GMU Social Work Graduates

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at GMU is $33,725. This is 6% higher than $31,866, which is the national average for all social work bachelor's degree recipients.

Social Work Student Demographics at GMU

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

GMU Social Work Bachelor’s Program

Of the 49 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in social work from GMU in 2021, 14% were men and 86% were women. The typical social work bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at GMU since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 George Mason University with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	15
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

GMU Social Work Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 79 students earned a master's degree in social work from GMU. About 91% of these graduates were women and the other 9% were men.

In the social work master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 48% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	39
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Other Public Administration
• Public Policy
• 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 VA, the home state for George Mason University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	9,340	$51,880
Substance Abuse Social Workers	4,720	$51,660
Healthcare Social Workers	3,720	$57,510
Social and Community Service Managers	2,650	$89,290
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	2,640	$48,250

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 Lucien Dalarun under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.