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Social Work at University of Houston - Downtown

Social Work at University of Houston - Downtown

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

UH Downtown is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 15,239.

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.

UH Downtown Social Work Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

UH Downtown Social Work Rankings

The social work major at UH Downtown 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.

Social Work Student Demographics at UH Downtown

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

UH Downtown Social Work Bachelor’s Program

95% Women
79% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 5% of social work bachelor's degrees went to men and 95% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% 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 Houston - Downtown with a bachelor's in social work.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 29
Hispanic or Latino 32
White 15
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Concentrations Within Social Work

If you plan to be a social work major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Houston - Downtown. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Social Work 65

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 University of Houston - Downtown.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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