Social Work at Rutgers University - New Brunswick

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

Rutgers New Brunswick is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey and approximately 50,411 students attend the school each year. Of the 8,803 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Rutgers University - New Brunswick in 2021, 67 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.

Rutgers New Brunswick Social Work Degrees Available

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

Rutgers New Brunswick Social Work Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the social work progam at Rutgers New Brunswick 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 Rutgers New Brunswick 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	221

In 2021, 705 students received their master’s degree in social work from Rutgers New Brunswick. This makes it the #4 most popular school for social work master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 12 students who received their doctoral degrees in social work, making the school the #10 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Rutgers New Brunswick Social Work Graduates

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at Rutgers New Brunswick is $35,836. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 12% higher than the national average of $31,866 for all social work bachelor's degree recipients.

Social Work Student Demographics at Rutgers New Brunswick

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

Rutgers New Brunswick Social Work Bachelor’s Program

Of the 67 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in social work from Rutgers New Brunswick in 2021, 10% were men and 90% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% 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 Rutgers University - New Brunswick with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	25
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Rutgers New Brunswick Social Work Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 705 students earned a master's degree in social work from Rutgers New Brunswick. About 87% of these graduates were women and the other 13% were men.

In the social work master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 48% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	27
Black or African American	143
Hispanic or Latino	151
White	344
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	34

Rutgers New Brunswick also has a doctoral program available in social work. In 2021, 12 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Public Policy

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 NJ, the home state for Rutgers University - New Brunswick.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	5,060	$67,700
Marriage and Family Therapists	4,150	$72,380
Social and Community Service Managers	3,370	$88,570
Healthcare Social Workers	3,120	$64,570
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	2,790	$73,810

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 Zampromote under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.