Social Work at Longwood University

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

Longwood is located in Farmville, Virginia and approximately 4,841 students attend the school each year. Of the 777 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Longwood University in 2021, 35 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.

Longwood Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

Longwood Social Work Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks social work programs across the country. The following shows how Longwood 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 Longwood 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 Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	223
Most Focused Social Work Schools	256
Most Popular Social Work Schools	357

Social Work Student Demographics at Longwood

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

Longwood Social Work Bachelor’s Program

Of the 35 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Social Work from Longwood in 2020-2021, 3% were men and 97% were women.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social work at Longwood 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 Longwood University with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	27
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Longwood 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 VA, the home state for Longwood University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	9,340	$51,880
Substance Abuse Social Workers	4,720	$51,660
Healthcare Social Workers	3,720	$57,510
Social and Community Service Managers	2,650	$89,290
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	2,640	$48,250

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 Webster Geneva under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.