Social Work at New York University

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

NYU is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 52,775.

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.

NYU Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work
• Master’s Degree in Social Work

NYU Social Work Rankings

The social work major at NYU 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.

There were 18 students who received their doctoral degrees in social work, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Social Work Student Demographics at NYU

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

NYU Social Work Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of social work bachelor's degrees went to men and 82% 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 NYU since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 New York University with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	7
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

NYU Social Work Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 12% of social work master's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

Of the students who received a social work master's degree from NYU, 51% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New York University with a master's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	39
Black or African American	50
Hispanic or Latino	97
White	273
International Students	39
Other Races/Ethnicities	34

Concentrations Within Social Work

Social Work majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from New York University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Social Work	555

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 New York University.

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 Cincin12 under License

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