Social Work at University of North Texas

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

UNT is located in Denton, Texas and has a total student population of 40,953. In 2021, 67 social work majors received their bachelor's degree from UNT.

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.

UNT Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work
• Master’s Degree in Social Work

UNT Social Work Rankings

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

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 UNT 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 Master’s Degree Schools	203
Best Social Work Schools	291

In 2021, 18 students received their master’s degree in social work from UNT. This makes it the #282 most popular school for social work master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UNT Social Work Graduates

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNT is $29,711. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,866 for all social work students.

Social Work Student Demographics at UNT

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

UNT Social Work Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 67 students earned a bachelor's degree in social work from UNT. About 87% of these graduates were women and the other 13% were men. The typical social work bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at UNT since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Texas with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	25
White	25
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UNT Social Work Master’s Program

Of the 18 students who graduated with a master’s in social work from UNT in 2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

Of the students who received a social work master's degree from UNT, 61% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of North Texas with a master's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Human Services
• 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 TX, the home state for University of North Texas.

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 Michael Barera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.