Social Work at The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga

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

UT Chattanooga is located in Chattanooga, Tennessee and has a total student population of 11,728. In 2021, 33 social work majors received their bachelor's degree from UT Chattanooga.

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.

UT Chattanooga Social Work Degrees Available

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

UT Chattanooga Social Work Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks social work programs across the country. The following shows how UT Chattanooga 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 UT Chattanooga 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	232
	278

In 2021, 20 students received their master’s degree in social work from UT Chattanooga. This makes it the #273 most popular school for social work master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UT Chattanooga Social Work Graduates

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at UT Chattanooga is $29,720. This is less than $31,866, which is the national average of all social work majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Social Work Student Demographics at UT Chattanooga

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the social work majors at The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga.

UT Chattanooga Social Work Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 33 social work majors earned their bachelor's degree from UT Chattanooga. Of these graduates, 15% were men and 85% were women. The typical social work bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at UT Chattanooga since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social work at UT Chattanooga 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 The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	23
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UT Chattanooga Social Work Master’s Program

Of the 20 social work students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UT Chattanooga, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

Of the students who received a social work master's degree from UT Chattanooga, 75% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UT Chattanooga 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 TN, the home state for The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	5,590	$41,830
Healthcare Social Workers	3,260	$50,700
Social and Community Service Managers	2,430	$68,450
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	1,980	$41,930
Substance Abuse Social Workers	1,660	$38,180

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.