Social Work at University of Massachusetts - Boston

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

UMass Boston is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 16,259 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 49 social work majors received their bachelor's degree from UMass Boston.

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.

UMass Boston Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

UMass Boston Social Work Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks social work programs across the country. The following shows how UMass Boston performed in these rankings.

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 UMass Boston 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
Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	151

Earnings of UMass Boston Social Work Graduates

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at UMass Boston is $41,911. This is 32% higher than $31,866, which is the national average for all social work bachelor's degree recipients.

Social Work Student Demographics at UMass Boston

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

UMass Boston Social Work Bachelor’s Program

Of the 49 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in social work from UMass Boston in 2021, 16% were men and 84% were women. The typical social work bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at UMass Boston since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

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 Massachusetts - Boston with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	20
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Community Organization & Advocacy
• Public Administration
• 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 MA, the home state for University of Massachusetts - Boston.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	12,340	$48,670
Healthcare Social Workers	10,040	$61,960
Social and Community Service Managers	7,420	$70,500
Substance Abuse Social Workers	6,880	$43,270
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	1,040	$69,190

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.