Social Work at Kentucky State University

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

KY State is located in Frankfort, Kentucky and has a total student population of 2,290. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students received a bachelor's degree in social work from KY 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.

KY State Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

KY State Social Work Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks social work programs across the country. The following shows how KY State performed in these rankings.

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 KY 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
Most Focused Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	219
	348
Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	368
Most Focused Social Work Schools	385
	399
Most Popular Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	548
Most Popular Social Work Schools	694

Earnings of KY State Social Work Graduates

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at KY State is $26,599. 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 KY State

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

KY State Social Work Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 social work students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from KY State, about 60% were men and 40% were women. The typical social work bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at KY State since its program graduates 48% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% 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 Kentucky State University with a bachelor's in social work.

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

KY 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

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 KY, the home state for Kentucky State University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	7,740	$40,950
Social and Community Service Managers	2,040	$63,210
Healthcare Social Workers	1,700	$50,340
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	970	$38,080
Substance Abuse Social Workers	790	$35,600

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 Matthew Peek under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.