Social Work at Georgia State University

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

Georgia State is located in Atlanta, Georgia and approximately 36,360 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 59 students received a bachelor's degree in social work from Georgia State.

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.

Georgia State Social Work Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Georgia State

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Georgia State offers distance education options for social work at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Georgia State Social Work Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the social work progam at Georgia State 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 Georgia State 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
Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools	223
	251

In 2021, 62 students received their master’s degree in social work from Georgia State. This makes it the #156 most popular school for social work master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Social Work Graduates from Georgia State Make?

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at Georgia State is $31,334. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,866 for all social work students.

Social Work Student Demographics at Georgia State

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

Georgia State Social Work Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 59 social work majors earned their bachelor's degree from Georgia State. Of these graduates, 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 Georgia State since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% 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 Georgia State University with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	37
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Georgia State Social Work Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 62 social work majors earned their master's degree from Georgia State. Of these graduates, 16% were men and 84% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 12% men graduate in social work each year. Georgia State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

In the social work master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 61% of degree recipients. That is 16% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	34
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	24
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Georgia State 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
• Public Policy

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 GA, the home state for Georgia State University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	8,660	$41,040
Social and Community Service Managers	3,720	$66,000
Healthcare Social Workers	3,550	$53,110
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	2,860	$43,100
Substance Abuse Social Workers	1,160	$39,600

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 Jayingram11 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.