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. Of the 2,897 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Houston - Downtown in 2021, 65 of them were social work majors.

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	49
Most Popular Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	89
Most Focused Social Work Schools	508

Earnings of UH Downtown Social Work Graduates

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at UH Downtown is $35,750. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 12% higher than the national average of $31,866 for all social work bachelor's degree recipients.

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

Of the 65 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Social Work from UH Downtown in 2020-2021, 11% were men and 89% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	34
White	10
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UH Downtown 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 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Nick22aku under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.