Social Work at University of Alabama at Birmingham

Every social work school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the social work program at University of Alabama at Birmingham stacks up to those at other schools.

UAB is located in Birmingham, Alabama and has a total student population of 22,563. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 58 students received a bachelor's degree in social work from UAB.

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.

UAB Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

UAB Social Work Rankings

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

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 UAB 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 Schools	278

Earnings of UAB Social Work Graduates

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at UAB is $30,245. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,866 for all social work students.

Social Work Student Demographics at UAB

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

UAB Social Work Bachelor’s Program

Of the 58 social work students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UAB, about 5% were men and 95% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 University of Alabama at Birmingham with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	28
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UAB 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 AL, the home state for University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	3,460	$40,710
Healthcare Social Workers	2,770	$47,740
Social and Community Service Managers	1,200	$66,430
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	1,110	$45,680
Substance Abuse Social Workers	1,070	$36,700

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 Lee Adlaf under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.