Social Work at Grambling State University

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

GSU is located in Grambling, Louisiana and approximately 5,438 students attend the school each year. Of the 568 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Grambling State University in 2021, 29 of them were social work majors.

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.

GSU Social Work Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at GSU

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, GSU does offer online courses in social work for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

GSU Social Work Rankings

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

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 GSU 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 Online Social Work Graduate Certificate Schools	9
Most Popular Social Work Graduate Certificate Schools	42
Most Popular Online Social Work Schools	63
Most Focused Social Work Master’s Degree Schools	113
Most Focused Social Work Schools	116
Most Popular Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	254
Best Value Social Work Master’s Degree Schools	281
	282
Most Popular Social Work Schools	304
	359
Best Social Work Schools	453

In 2021, 20 students received their master’s degree in social work from GSU. This makes it the #273 most popular school for social work master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of GSU Social Work Graduates

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at GSU is $26,476. 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 GSU

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

GSU Social Work Bachelor’s Program

Of the 29 social work students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from GSU, about 3% were men and 97% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 48% 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 Grambling State University with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	27
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

GSU Social Work Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students earned a master's degree in social work from GSU. About 95% of these graduates were women and the other 5% were men.

In the social work master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 95% of degree recipients. That is 50% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

GSU 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 LA, the home state for Grambling State University.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Counselors	2,190	$36,870
Healthcare Social Workers	1,940	$53,460
Social and Community Service Managers	1,610	$70,120
Substance Abuse Social Workers	1,410	$40,960
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	970	$48,280

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
• Image Credit: By Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.