Social Work at Western Connecticut State University

Every social work school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the social work program at Western Connecticut State University stacks up to those at other schools.

WestConn is located in Danbury, Connecticut and has a total student population of 5,246.

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.

WestConn Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

WestConn Social Work Rankings

The social work major at WestConn 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 WestConn

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

WestConn Social Work Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 24% of social work bachelor's degrees went to men and 76% 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 WestConn since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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 Western Connecticut State University with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 Western Connecticut State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Social Work	44

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 CT, the home state for Western Connecticut State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	5,370	$69,520
Social and Community Service Managers	3,040	$73,560
Healthcare Social Workers	2,110	$72,640
Substance Abuse Social Workers	1,850	$63,290
Social Workers	650	$65,230

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 Andrew Gusciora under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.