Social Work at Hope College

If you are interested in studying social work, you may want to check out the program at Hope College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Hope is located in Holland, Michigan and approximately 3,061 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 21 social work majors received their bachelor's degree from Hope.

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.

Hope Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

Hope Social Work Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The social work major at Hope 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	171
Best Social Work Schools	191
Most Focused Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	211
Best Value Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	319
Most Popular Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	336
Best Value Social Work Schools	394

Earnings of Hope Social Work Graduates

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at Hope is $24,626. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,866 for all social work students.

Social Work Student Demographics at Hope

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

Hope Social Work Bachelor’s Program

Of the 21 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Social Work from Hope in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social work at Hope are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Hope 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 MI, the home state for Hope College.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	13,790	$50,620
Healthcare Social Workers	5,400	$56,830
Social and Community Service Managers	4,580	$72,450
Substance Abuse Social Workers	4,050	$50,060
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	2,400	$60,490

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 Trenner1945 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.