Social Work at University of Arkansas - Fort Smith

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

UAFS is located in Fort Smith, Arkansas and approximately 5,887 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 19 social work majors received their bachelor's degree from UAFS.

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.

UAFS Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

UAFS Social Work Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks social work programs across the country. The following shows how UAFS 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 UAFS 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	346
Most Focused Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	376

Social Work Student Demographics at UAFS

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the social work majors at University of Arkansas - Fort Smith.

UAFS Social Work Bachelor’s Program

The social work program at UAFS awarded 19 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 5% of these degrees went to men with the other 95% going to women.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social work at UAFS 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 University of Arkansas - Fort Smith with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

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 AR, the home state for University of Arkansas - Fort Smith.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	1,500	$38,270
Social and Community Service Managers	1,380	$57,360
Healthcare Social Workers	1,220	$46,310
Substance Abuse Social Workers	1,020	$40,560
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	930	$38,700

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 University of Arkansas - Fort Smith under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.