Social Work at St Olaf College

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

St. Olaf is located in Northfield, Minnesota and has a total student population of 2,953. In 2021, 11 social work majors received their bachelor's degree from St. Olaf.

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.

St. Olaf Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

St. Olaf Social Work Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the social work progam at St. Olaf compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The social work major at St. Olaf 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 Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	36
	158
	160
Best Value Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	335
Most Popular Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	450
Most Popular Social Work Schools	580

Earnings of St. Olaf Social Work Graduates

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at St. Olaf is $32,183. This is 1% higher than $31,866, which is the national average for all social work bachelor's degree recipients.

Social Work Student Demographics at St. Olaf

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the social work majors at St Olaf College.

St. Olaf Social Work Bachelor’s Program

Of the 11 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in social work from St. Olaf in 2021, 18% were men and 82% were women. The typical social work bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at St. Olaf since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social work at St. Olaf 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 St Olaf College with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

St. Olaf also has a doctoral program available in social work. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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 MN, the home state for St Olaf College.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	8,150	$55,560
Healthcare Social Workers	3,850	$58,670
Social and Community Service Managers	3,360	$75,280
Substance Abuse Social Workers	2,830	$55,460
Social Workers	1,830	$64,300

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 Daniel Edwins a.k.a. Webmoof of English Wikipedia under License

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