Social Work at Marist College

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

Marist is located in Poughkeepsie, New York and approximately 6,600 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 24 social work majors received their bachelor's degree from Marist.

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.

Marist Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

Marist Social Work Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the social work progam at Marist 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 Marist 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 Schools	107
Most Focused Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	389
Best Value Social Work Schools	392
Most Popular Social Work Schools	425
Most Focused Social Work Schools	581

Social Work Student Demographics at Marist

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

Marist Social Work Bachelor’s Program

Of the 24 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in social work from Marist in 2021, 17% were men and 83% were women. The typical social work bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at Marist since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social work at Marist are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Marist 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 NY, the home state for Marist College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	28,530	$58,050
Healthcare Social Workers	13,290	$62,280
Social and Community Service Managers	13,110	$86,700
Substance Abuse Social Workers	11,470	$62,130
Social Workers	5,790	$67,120

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 Bpg00765 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.