Social Work at Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Ponce

If you are interested in studying social work, you may want to check out the program at Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Ponce. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Ponce is located in Ponce, Puerto Rico and approximately 6,614 students attend the school each year.

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.

Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Ponce Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Ponce Social Work Rankings

The social work major at Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Ponce 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.

Social Work Student Demographics at Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Ponce

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the social work majors at Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Ponce.

Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Ponce Social Work Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 23% of social work bachelor's degrees went to men and 77% 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 Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Ponce since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 53% 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 Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Ponce with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	34
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Social Work

If you plan to be a social work major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Ponce. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Social Work	46

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 PR, the home state for Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico - Ponce.

Occupation	Jobs in PR	Average Salary in PR

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.