Social Work at University of South Florida - Main Campus

If you are interested in studying social work, you may want to check out the program at University of South Florida - Main Campus. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

USF Tampa is located in Tampa, Florida and approximately 50,626 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 70 social work majors received their bachelor's degree from USF Tampa.

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.

USF Tampa Social Work Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at USF Tampa

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? USF Tampa offers distance education options for social work at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

USF Tampa Social Work Rankings

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

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 USF Tampa 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
	364

In 2021, 112 students received their master’s degree in social work from USF Tampa. This makes it the #82 most popular school for social work master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in social work, making the school the #73 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of USF Tampa Social Work Graduates

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at USF Tampa is $31,393. This is less than $31,866, which is the national average of all social work majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Social Work Student Demographics at USF Tampa

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

USF Tampa Social Work Bachelor’s Program

Of the 70 social work students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from USF Tampa, about 11% were men and 89% were women.

About 51% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social work at USF Tampa are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 South Florida - Main Campus with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	36
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

USF Tampa Social Work Master’s Program

The social work program at USF Tampa awarded 112 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 10% of these degrees went to men with the other 90% going to women.

Of the students who received a social work master's degree from USF Tampa, 60% 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 South Florida - Main Campus with a master's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	67
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

USF Tampa 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
• Human Services

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 South Florida - Main Campus.

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 Rick DeBow under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.