Social Work at University of Nebraska at Kearney

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

UNK is located in Kearney, Nebraska and approximately 6,225 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 44 social work majors received their bachelor's degree from UNK.

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.

UNK Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

UNK Social Work Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The social work major at UNK 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 Value Social Work Schools	47
	136

Earnings of UNK Social Work Graduates

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNK is $32,612. This is 2% higher than $31,866, which is the national average for all social work bachelor's degree recipients.

Social Work Student Demographics at UNK

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

UNK Social Work Bachelor’s Program

Of the 44 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in social work from UNK in 2021, 7% were men and 93% were women.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social work at UNK are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Nebraska at Kearney with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	35
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UNK 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 NE, the home state for University of Nebraska at Kearney.

Occupation	Jobs in NE	Average Salary in NE
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	2,770	$41,560
Healthcare Social Workers	990	$48,230
Social and Community Service Managers	730	$65,270
Substance Abuse Social Workers	500	$41,320
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	420	$45,810

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.