Social Work at Texas Southern University

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

TSU is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 7,015. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 students received a bachelor's degree in social work from TSU.

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.

TSU Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

TSU Social Work Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the social work progam at TSU 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 TSU 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 Focused Social Work Schools	501

Earnings of TSU Social Work Graduates

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at TSU is $32,420. This is 2% higher than $31,866, which is the national average for all social work bachelor's degree recipients.

Social Work Student Demographics at TSU

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

TSU Social Work Bachelor’s Program

Of the 25 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Social Work from TSU in 2020-2021, 12% were men and 88% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 51% 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 Texas Southern University with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	22
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

TSU 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 TX, the home state for Texas Southern 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 WhisperToMe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.