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Social Work at Metropolitan State University

Social Work at Metropolitan State University

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

Metro State is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and approximately 7,552 students attend the school each year.

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.

Metro State Social Work Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

Metro State Social Work Rankings

The social work major at Metro 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.

Social Work Student Demographics at Metro State

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

Metro State Social Work Bachelor’s Program

81% Women
65% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 19% of social work bachelor's degrees went to men and 81% went to women. The typical social work bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at Metro State since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 21% 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 Metropolitan State University with a bachelor's in social work.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 8
Black or African American 22
Hispanic or Latino 10
White 22
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Social Work

Social Work majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Metropolitan State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Social Work 61

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 MN, the home state for Metropolitan State University.

Occupation Jobs in MN Average Salary in MN
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 8,150 $55,560
Healthcare Social Workers 3,850 $58,670
Social and Community Service Managers 3,360 $75,280
Substance Abuse Social Workers 2,830 $55,460
Social Workers 1,830 $64,300

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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