Social Work at Northern Kentucky University

If you are interested in studying social work, you may want to check out the program at Northern Kentucky University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

NKU is located in Highland Heights, Kentucky and approximately 16,211 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 73 social work majors received their bachelor's degree from NKU.

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.

NKU Social Work Degrees Available

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

NKU Social Work Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks social work programs across the country. The following shows how NKU 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 NKU 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	117
	201

In 2021, 72 students received their master’s degree in social work from NKU. This makes it the #132 most popular school for social work master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of NKU Social Work Graduates

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at NKU is $34,573. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 8% higher than the national average of $31,866 for all social work bachelor's degree recipients.

Social Work Student Demographics at NKU

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

NKU Social Work Bachelor’s Program

Of the 73 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in social work from NKU in 2021, 10% were men and 90% were women.

About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social work at NKU 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 Northern Kentucky University with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	56
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

NKU Social Work Master’s Program

Of the 72 students who earned a master's degree in Social Work from NKU in 2020-2021, 13% were men and 88% were women.

Of the students who received a social work master's degree from NKU, 82% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	59
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

NKU 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 KY, the home state for Northern Kentucky University.

Occupation	Jobs in KY	Average Salary in KY
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	7,740	$40,950
Social and Community Service Managers	2,040	$63,210
Healthcare Social Workers	1,700	$50,340
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	970	$38,080
Substance Abuse Social Workers	790	$35,600

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 Samvscat under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.