Social Work at Virginia State University

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

Virginia State is located in Petersburg, Virginia and approximately 4,020 students attend the school each year. Of the 626 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Virginia State University in 2021, 35 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.

Virginia State Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

Virginia State Social Work Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the social work progam at Virginia State 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 Virginia State 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
Most Popular Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	223
Best Value Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	237
Best Value Social Work Schools	299
Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	322
Best Social Work Schools	375

Earnings of Virginia State Social Work Graduates

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at Virginia State is $29,882. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,866 for all social work students.

Social Work Student Demographics at Virginia State

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

Virginia State Social Work Bachelor’s Program

Of the 35 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in social work from Virginia State in 2021, 11% were men and 89% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 52% 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 Virginia State University with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	34
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Virginia State 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 VA, the home state for Virginia State University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	9,340	$51,880
Substance Abuse Social Workers	4,720	$51,660
Healthcare Social Workers	3,720	$57,510
Social and Community Service Managers	2,650	$89,290
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	2,640	$48,250

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 Kevin Coles under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.