Social Work at Limestone College

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

Limestone College is located in Gaffney, South Carolina and has a total student population of 1,943. Of the 408 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Limestone College in 2021, 61 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.

Limestone College Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

Online Classes Are Available at Limestone College

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

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Limestone College Social Work Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks social work programs across the country. The following shows how Limestone College 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 Limestone College 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	256
Best Value Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	260
Most Popular Social Work Schools	268
Most Popular Social Work Master’s Degree Schools	304
	326
	378

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in social work from Limestone College. This is the #304 most popular school for social work master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Social Work Graduates from Limestone College Make?

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at Limestone College is $27,421. 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 Limestone College

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

Limestone College Social Work Bachelor’s Program

Of the 61 social work students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Limestone College, about 8% were men and 92% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% 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 Limestone College with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	33
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	26
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Limestone College 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 SC, the home state for Limestone College.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	3,320	$38,930
Social Workers	2,660	$45,610
Healthcare Social Workers	1,930	$57,660
Substance Abuse Social Workers	1,150	$35,330
Social and Community Service Managers	930	$68,610

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 Morder (talk) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.