Social Work at Mount Vernon Nazarene University

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

MVNU is located in Mount Vernon, Ohio and has a total student population of 2,140. Of the 436 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Mount Vernon Nazarene University in 2021, 48 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.

MVNU Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

MVNU Social Work Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks social work programs across the country. The following shows how MVNU performed in these rankings.

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 MVNU 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 Focused Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	31
	123
Most Popular Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	166
Most Popular Social Work Schools	306

Earnings of MVNU Social Work Graduates

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at MVNU is $32,843. This is 3% higher than $31,866, which is the national average for all social work bachelor's degree recipients.

Social Work Student Demographics at MVNU

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

MVNU Social Work Bachelor’s Program

Of the 48 social work students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from MVNU, about 4% were men and 96% were women.

About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social work at MVNU 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 Mount Vernon Nazarene University with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	41
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

MVNU 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 OH, the home state for Mount Vernon Nazarene University.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	10,090	$45,030
Healthcare Social Workers	7,120	$52,910
Substance Abuse Social Workers	6,030	$44,840
Social and Community Service Managers	4,960	$73,210
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	3,190	$50,410

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.