Social Work at Stephen F Austin State University

What traits are you looking for in a social work school? To help you decide if Stephen F Austin State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's social work program.

SFASU is located in Nacogdoches, Texas and approximately 12,620 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,435 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Stephen F Austin State University in 2021, 70 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.

SFASU Social Work Degrees Available

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

SFASU Social Work Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks social work programs across the country. The following shows how SFASU performed in these rankings.

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 SFASU 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
Most Popular Social Work Master’s Degree Schools	133
	170
	257

In 2021, 70 students received their master’s degree in social work from SFASU. This makes it the #133 most popular school for social work master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of SFASU Social Work Graduates

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at SFASU is $33,139. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 4% higher than the national average of $31,866 for all social work bachelor's degree recipients.

Social Work Student Demographics at SFASU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the social work majors at Stephen F Austin State University.

SFASU Social Work Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 70 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in social work from SFASU. About 7% were men and 93% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% 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 Stephen F Austin State University with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	28
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	22
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

SFASU Social Work Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 70 students earned a master's degree in social work from SFASU. About 90% of these graduates were women and the other 10% were men.

In the social work master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 22% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	37
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	23
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Human Services
• 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 TX, the home state for Stephen F Austin State University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	19,510	$48,920
Healthcare Social Workers	9,830	$59,090
Substance Abuse Social Workers	6,090	$40,470
Social and Community Service Managers	5,370	$72,560
Counselors	2,660	$58,110

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.