Social Work at University of Maryland - Baltimore County

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 Maryland - Baltimore County stacks up to those at other schools.

UMBC is located in Baltimore, Maryland and has a total student population of 13,497. In 2021, 86 social work majors received their bachelor's degree from UMBC.

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.

UMBC Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

UMBC Social Work Rankings

The social work major at UMBC 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.

How Much Do Social Work Graduates from UMBC Make?

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at UMBC is $34,106. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 7% higher than the national average of $31,866 for all social work bachelor's degree recipients.

Social Work Student Demographics at UMBC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the social work majors at University of Maryland - Baltimore County.

UMBC Social Work Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 86 students earned a bachelor's degree in social work from UMBC. About 86% of these graduates were women and the other 14% were men. The typical social work bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at UMBC since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% 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 Maryland - Baltimore County with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	32
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UMBC 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 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 MD, the home state for University of Maryland - Baltimore County.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Healthcare Social Workers	5,090	$58,350
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	4,480	$59,280
Social and Community Service Managers	3,120	$76,670
Substance Abuse Social Workers	2,090	$53,780
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	1,590	$59,070

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 Tim Menzies under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.