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. In 2021, 61 social work majors received their bachelor's degree from Metro 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.

Metro State Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

Metro State Social Work Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the social work progam at Metro State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Social Work Schools	8
Best Social Work Schools	19
Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	19
Most Focused Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	187

Earnings of Metro State Social Work Graduates

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at Metro State is $41,859. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 31% higher than the national average of $31,866 for all social work bachelor's degree recipients.

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 61 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in social work from Metro State. About 10% were men and 90% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	22
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Metro 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
• Community Organization & Advocacy
• Human Services

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Tony Webster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.