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Social Work at West Virginia State University

Social Work at West Virginia State University

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

WVSU is located in Institute, West Virginia and approximately 3,638 students attend the school each year.

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.

WVSU Social Work Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

WVSU Social Work Rankings

The social work major at WVSU 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.

Social Work Student Demographics at WVSU

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

WVSU Social Work Bachelor’s Program

77% Women
15% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 23% of social work bachelor's degrees went to men and 77% went to women. The typical social work bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at WVSU since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

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About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social work at WVSU 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 West Virginia State University with a bachelor's in social work.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 10
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Concentrations Within Social Work

If you plan to be a social work major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from West Virginia State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Social Work 25

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 WV, the home state for West Virginia State University.

Occupation Jobs in WV Average Salary in WV
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 1,350 $36,430
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists 880 $39,530
Healthcare Social Workers 650 $49,440
Social and Community Service Managers 450 $56,460
Marriage and Family Therapists 350 $43,460

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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