Social Work at University of California - Berkeley

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

UC Berkeley is located in Berkeley, California and has a total student population of 42,327. In 2021, 79 social work majors received their bachelor's degree from UC Berkeley.

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.

UC Berkeley Social Work Degrees Available

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

UC Berkeley Social Work Rankings

The social work major at UC Berkeley 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.

In 2021, 86 students received their master’s degree in social work from UC Berkeley. This makes it the #103 most popular school for social work master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in social work, making the school the #28 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Social Work Graduates from UC Berkeley Make?

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at UC Berkeley is $42,882. This is 35% higher than $31,866, which is the national average for all social work bachelor's degree recipients.

Social Work Student Demographics at UC Berkeley

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

UC Berkeley Social Work Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 79 social work majors earned their bachelor's degree from UC Berkeley. Of these graduates, 19% were men and 81% were women. The typical social work bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at UC Berkeley since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% 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 California - Berkeley with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	33
White	18
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

UC Berkeley Social Work Master’s Program

The social work program at UC Berkeley awarded 86 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 24% of these degrees went to men with the other 76% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 12% men graduate in social work each year. UC Berkeley does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 12% more men than average.

In the social work master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 66% of degree recipients. That is 21% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	23
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	29
White	29
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UC Berkeley also has a doctoral program available in social work. In 2021, 5 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 CA, the home state for University of California - Berkeley.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	31,290	$59,500
Marriage and Family Therapists	21,920	$51,950
Healthcare Social Workers	18,600	$76,450
Substance Abuse Social Workers	14,840	$61,640
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	13,560	$89,240

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 LAgirl5252 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.