Social Work at Mississippi State University

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

Mississippi State is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi and has a total student population of 22,986. Of the 4,575 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Mississippi State University in 2021, 37 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.

Mississippi State Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

Mississippi State Social Work Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the social work progam at Mississippi 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 Mississippi 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	281

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

Earnings of Mississippi State Social Work Graduates

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at Mississippi State is $26,918. 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 Mississippi State

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

Mississippi State Social Work Bachelor’s Program

Of the 37 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Social Work from Mississippi State in 2020-2021, 14% were men and 86% were women. The typical social work bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at Mississippi State since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social work at Mississippi State 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 Mississippi State University with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Mississippi 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

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 MS, the home state for Mississippi State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	2,700	$35,100
Healthcare Social Workers	1,070	$48,080
Social and Community Service Managers	920	$47,700
Substance Abuse Social Workers	840	$41,470
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	600	$36,790

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.