Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin

If you are interested in studying social work, you may want to check out the program at The University of Texas at Austin. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UT Austin is located in Austin, Texas and approximately 50,476 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 79 social work majors received their bachelor's degree from UT Austin.

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 Austin Social Work Degrees Available

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

UT Austin Social Work Rankings

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

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 UT Austin 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 Doctor’s Degree Schools	8
Best Social Work Doctor’s Degree Schools	9
Most Popular Social Work Doctor’s Degree Schools	48
Best Value Social Work Schools	163

In 2021, 155 students received their master’s degree in social work from UT Austin. This makes it the #58 most popular school for social work master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in social work, making the school the #48 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Social Work Graduates from UT Austin Make?

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at UT Austin is $34,010. This is 7% higher than $31,866, which is the national average for all social work bachelor's degree recipients.

Social Work Student Demographics at UT Austin

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

UT Austin Social Work Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 79 social work majors earned their bachelor's degree from UT Austin. Of these graduates, 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 UT Austin since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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 The University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	30
White	31
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UT Austin Social Work Master’s Program

Of the 155 social work students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UT Austin, about 12% were men and 88% were women.

Of the students who received a social work master's degree from UT Austin, 65% 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 Texas at Austin with a master's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	35
White	100
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

UT Austin also has a doctoral program available in social work. In 2021, 3 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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Austin.

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 Reid Sullivan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.