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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 44 students received a bachelor's degree in social work from WestConn.

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

Each year, College Factual ranks social work programs across the country. The following shows how WestConn performed in these rankings.

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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	85
	85
Most Popular Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	186
Most Focused Social Work Schools	250

Earnings of WestConn Social Work Graduates

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at WestConn is $33,925. This is 6% higher than $31,866, which is the national average for all social work bachelor's degree recipients.

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

Of the 44 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Social Work from WestConn in 2020-2021, 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 WestConn since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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	1
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	22
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

WestConn 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 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.