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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 students received a bachelor's degree in social work from WVSU.

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 following rankings from College Factual show how the social work progam at WVSU 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Social Work Schools	129
Best Value Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	273
	289
	325
Best Value Social Work Schools	353
Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	389
Best Social Work Schools	448

How Much Do Social Work Graduates from WVSU Make?

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at WVSU is $28,771. 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 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

Of the 25 social work students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from WVSU, about 16% were men and 84% were 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 4% more men than average.

About 56% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

WVSU 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 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Richinstead under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.