Social Work at University of North Florida

What traits are you looking for in a social work school? To help you decide if University of North Florida is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's social work program.

UNF is located in Jacksonville, Florida and has a total student population of 16,926. Of the 3,573 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of North Florida in 2021, 28 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.

UNF Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

UNF Social Work Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks social work programs across the country. The following shows how UNF 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 UNF 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	154
Best Value Social Work Schools	196

Earnings of UNF Social Work Graduates

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNF is $29,691. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,866 for all social work students.

Social Work Student Demographics at UNF

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

UNF Social Work Bachelor’s Program

The social work program at UNF awarded 28 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 14% of these degrees went to men with the other 86% going to women. The typical social work bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at UNF 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 North Florida with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UNF 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 Administration

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 FL, the home state for University of North Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Healthcare Social Workers	10,660	$50,950
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	9,010	$42,640
Social and Community Service Managers	3,850	$71,820
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	3,770	$35,630
Substance Abuse Social Workers	3,760	$44,100

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 The222 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.