WhatGradsMake

What Social Work grads make

Every university with official Census earnings for this field, ranked by 5-year median salary.

Bachelor's

national median $51,943 · 5 yrs
#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1Providence CollegeRI$32,455$66,104$79,032+27%
2University of the District of ColumbiaDC$46,924$64,578+24%
3CUNY Medgar Evers CollegeNY$42,033$64,402+24%
4Sacred Heart UniversityCT$34,370$63,712$72,043+23%
5State University of New York at Stony BrookNY$33,453$63,624$72,781+22%
6College of Staten Island/CUNYNY$40,967$62,436$73,442+20%
7State University of New York at AlbanyNY$33,023$62,272$72,860+20%
8Central Connecticut State UniversityCT$39,284$61,693$76,999+19%
9University of Minnesota DuluthMN$36,412$61,630+19%
10University of Saint JosephCT$44,364$61,518+18%
11Eastern Connecticut State UniversityCT$37,675$61,446$72,306+18%
12Salem State UniversityMA$44,669$61,380$71,728+18%
13CUNY Lehman CollegeNY$44,996$61,346$69,371+18%
14University of Massachusetts at BostonMA$45,049$61,009$74,301+17%
15George Mason UniversityVA$39,248$60,657$70,090+17%
16Southern Connecticut State UniversityCT$39,225$60,641$73,422+17%
17University of Houston - DowntownTX$38,937$60,508+16%
18Metropolitan State UniversityMN$43,962$60,468$66,562+16%
19University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignIL$31,304$60,352$67,797+16%
20CUNY York CollegeNY$46,132$59,999$68,785+16%
21Texas A&M University - Central TexasTX$40,992$59,957$68,098+15%
22University of Hawaii at ManoaHI$33,779$59,735$69,790+15%
23Bridgewater State UniversityMA$42,929$59,372$70,655+14%
24Portland State UniversityOR$40,891$59,140$74,872+14%
25Western Connecticut State UniversityCT$38,880$59,091$68,036+14%
26University of Houston - Clear LakeTX$39,342$59,037$74,015+14%
27Texas A&M International UniversityTX$51,967$58,998$65,534+14%
28St. Catherine UniversityMN$44,653$58,793$73,014+13%
29University of UtahUT$38,777$58,609$68,521+13%
30University of Texas at AustinTX$43,249$58,582$69,210+13%
31Clark Atlanta UniversityGA$32,393$58,363+12%
32Colorado Mesa UniversityCO$38,592$58,197+12%
33Westfield State UniversityMA$39,063$57,890$68,702+11%
34Bemidji State UniversityMN$44,107$57,372$67,768+10%
35Christopher Newport UniversityVA$33,295$57,105+10%
36Minnesota State University, MankatoMN$40,720$57,082$66,946+10%
37College of Saint ScholasticaMN$40,570$56,957$67,394+10%
38Utah Valley UniversityUT$35,757$56,500+9%
39University of Texas at ArlingtonTX$41,515$56,374$66,676+9%
40Texas Southern UniversityTX$42,304$56,312$66,438+8%
41Arizona State UniversityAZ$40,273$56,250$62,029+8%
42University of Texas at El PasoTX$39,904$56,077$64,834+8%
43University of Saint ThomasMN$36,674$56,017$71,060+8%
44University of Wisconsin - MadisonWI$32,496$56,003$70,184+8%
45Metropolitan State University of DenverCO$41,458$55,584$61,060+7%
46Loyola University ChicagoIL$32,448$55,573$68,626+7%
47Texas Woman's UniversityTX$40,570$55,569$62,985+7%
48Texas State UniversityTX$38,443$55,564$65,182+7%
49St. Cloud State UniversityMN$40,112$55,504$66,373+7%
50Winona State UniversityMN$41,776$55,499$67,016+7%
51University of Wisconsin - River FallsWI$42,626$55,437$63,557+7%
52Bethel UniversityMN$45,395$55,389$69,682+7%
53University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyTX$41,346$55,321$61,555+7%
54Weber State UniversityUT$36,159$55,100$57,867+6%
55State University of New York at PlattsburghNY$34,057$55,060$63,197+6%
56University of OklahomaOK$32,357$54,728$67,042+5%
57University of Wisconsin - OshkoshWI$39,116$54,679$60,004+5%
58Angelo State UniversityTX$36,384$54,639$59,848+5%
59University of North TexasTX$38,540$54,533$64,326+5%
60James Madison UniversityVA$33,967$54,439$64,031+5%
61North Carolina State UniversityNC$36,004$54,282$59,996+5%
62Lamar UniversityTX$42,322$54,097$62,949+4%
63Texas Tech UniversityTX$38,596$54,051$62,682+4%
64Aurora UniversityIL$33,762$54,051$63,029+4%
65Stephen F Austin State UniversityTX$37,644$53,857$61,769+4%
66Saint Olaf CollegeMN$43,365$53,767$72,585+4%
67Valparaiso UniversityIN$34,040$53,647+3%
68Concordia College - MoorheadMN$41,744$53,615$58,998+3%
69University of Wisconsin - Eau ClaireWI$37,250$53,503$60,277+3%
70University of Wisconsin - Green BayWI$40,374$53,492$60,118+3%
71University of North Carolina - CharlotteNC$36,927$53,336$60,001+3%
72University of IowaIA$35,196$53,298$64,859+3%
73Virginia Commonwealth UniversityVA$34,274$53,255$62,994+3%
74Virginia State UniversityVA$34,181$53,202+2%
75Hampton UniversityVA$34,217$53,022$71,988+2%
76Texas A&M University - KingsvilleTX$43,497$53,013$66,438+2%
77Minnesota State University MoorheadMN$40,577$53,006$66,761+2%
78SUNY College at BrockportNY$34,573$52,977$60,177+2%
79University of South Carolina - ColumbiaSC$29,797$52,593+1%
80Northeastern Illinois UniversityIL$35,926$52,446$65,890+1%
81Ohio State University (The)OH$37,352$52,442$63,018+1%
82Northeastern State UniversityOK$37,176$52,387$59,848+1%
83Indiana University - BloomingtonIN$34,677$52,336$56,312+1%
84University of GeorgiaGA$31,571$52,255$62,322+1%
85University of Wisconsin - Stevens PointWI$39,871$52,251+1%
86Northern Arizona UniversityAZ$38,891$52,154$59,6550%
87Colorado State UniversityCO$35,127$52,092$62,8180%
88SUNY at FredoniaNY$30,904$51,998$58,0090%
89University of North Carolina -GreensboroNC$35,087$51,993$57,9410%
90Tarleton State UniversityTX$39,902$51,943$61,6630%
91East Central UniversityOK$39,048$51,9290%
92University of Texas of the Permian BasinTX$45,615$51,851$65,9860%
93Ohio UniversityOH$38,163$51,666$62,682-1%
94East Carolina UniversityNC$36,966$51,491$58,513-1%
95Indiana Wesleyan University - NGM BuildingIN$40,024$51,480-1%
96SUNY Buffalo State UniversityNY$35,617$51,400$59,007-1%
97University of WyomingWY$39,962$51,385$64,754-1%
98Texas A&M University - CommerceTX$34,522$51,261$61,290-1%
99Miami UniversityOH$35,452$51,182$58,298-1%
100Utah State UniversityUT$35,906$51,161$61,518-2%
101Illinois State UniversityIL$33,553$51,125$60,967-2%
102University of North Carolina at Wilmington (The)NC$35,365$51,025$56,582-2%
103Augusta UniversityGA$33,828$50,930$55,573-2%
104Augsburg UniversityMN$42,608$50,863$69,696-2%
105Prairie View Agricultural & Mechanical UniversityTX$35,507$50,799$62,181-2%
106University of Wisconsin - SuperiorWI$37,706$50,795$60,527-2%
107University of Wisconsin - WhitewaterWI$35,290$50,648$56,572-2%
108West Texas A&M UniversityTX$39,172$50,639$57,082-3%
109Brigham Young University - IdahoID$30,308$50,601$60,837-3%
110Appalachian State UniversityNC$35,780$50,502$54,993-3%
111University of IndianapolisIN$34,840$50,311-3%
112Colorado State University-PuebloCO$37,482$50,263$53,711-3%
113North Carolina Central UniversityNC$31,977$50,227$56,069-3%
114University of CincinnatiOH$36,481$50,159$56,325-3%
115University of Wisconsin - MilwaukeeWI$38,252$50,155$58,968-3%
116University of Akron (The)OH$37,764$49,994$55,573-4%
117West Virginia UniversityWV$31,802$49,869$57,237-4%
118Southwest Minnesota State UniversityMN$42,006$49,855$56,007-4%
119University of North Carolina at PembrokeNC$37,093$49,842$53,797-4%
120Norfolk State UniversityVA$34,010$49,815$57,931-4%
121Bowling Green State UniversityOH$36,736$49,680$55,181-4%
122Radford UniversityVA$36,501$49,609$54,154-4%
123Mary Baldwin UniversityVA$35,012$49,281$58,574-5%
124Western Carolina UniversityNC$34,891$49,265$53,397-5%
125Cleveland State UniversityOH$37,653$49,254$54,219-5%
126University of ToledoOH$37,551$49,185$54,051-5%
127Liberty UniversityVA$39,904$49,171-5%
128Indiana University - NorthwestIN$38,933$49,143-5%
129Southern University at New OrleansLA$34,407$49,073$54,238-6%
130Wright State UniversityOH$39,320$48,983$56,612-6%
131University of Missouri - ColumbiaMO$29,659$48,900$57,931-6%
132Winston-Salem State UniversityNC$31,287$48,775$56,877-6%
133Georgia State UniversityGA$37,570$48,769$58,131-6%
134University of Illinois at SpringfieldIL$33,850$48,722$55,464-6%
135University of MaineME$32,383$48,715$54,252-6%
136Anderson UniversityIN$37,285$48,487-7%
137Longwood UniversityVA$36,338$48,487$51,753-7%
138University of Saint FrancisIN$35,626$48,487-7%
139Millikin UniversityIL$33,309$48,334$60,696-7%
140University of Northern IowaIA$34,292$48,330$57,360-7%
141University of Louisiana at MonroeLA$32,312$48,325$52,575-7%
142Indiana University - Purdue University IndianapolisIN$37,807$48,137$54,291-7%
143Saint Augustine CollegeIL$40,057$48,105$51,537-7%
144Indiana University - South BendIN$36,591$48,096-7%
145Youngstown State UniversityOH$37,784$48,081$53,690-7%
146Southern Illinois University EdwardsvilleIL$33,372$48,066$56,129-7%
147Midwestern State UniversityTX$37,926$47,919$54,216-8%
148Fayetteville State UniversityNC$30,900$47,835-8%
149University of Alabama at BirminghamAL$34,898$47,750$59,848-8%
150Southeastern Louisiana UniversityLA$29,290$47,714$53,107-8%
151Olivet Nazarene UniversityIL$32,853$47,574$51,092-8%
152University of AlabamaAL$29,754$47,507$54,881-9%
153Ferrum CollegeVA$34,421$47,460$59,187-9%
154Virginia Union UniversityVA$30,775$47,460$58,547-9%
155Virginia Wesleyan UniversityVA$35,872$47,315$57,471-9%
156University of Southern MaineME$36,665$47,306$54,113-9%
157Winthrop UniversitySC$34,454$46,832$50,818-10%
158Western Illinois UniversityIL$33,893$46,793$58,333-10%
159Indiana Wesleyan UniversityIN$34,707$46,777-10%
160North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State UniversityNC$32,005$46,574$53,709-10%
161National Louis UniversityIL$38,092$46,571$55,464-10%
162Southwestern Oklahoma State UniversityOK$38,279$46,532-10%
163Northwestern State UniversityLA$30,723$46,426$56,453-11%
164University of Montana (The)MT$34,516$46,298$52,707-11%
165Southern University and Agricultural & Mechanical Colg at Baton RougeLA$34,035$46,156$54,468-11%
166Ball State UniversityIN$36,853$45,951$52,261-12%
167University of Southern IndianaIN$33,114$45,688$52,093-12%
168Southern Illinois University at CarbondaleIL$30,110$45,680$54,903-12%
169Indiana State UniversityIN$37,960$45,539$53,848-12%
170Lewis UniversityIL$32,124$45,531$55,047-12%
171Dalton State CollegeGA$37,592$45,423$49,464-13%
172Manchester UniversityIN$38,015$45,365-13%
173Columbia CollegeSC$32,883$45,254$55,307-13%
174Indiana University - EastIN$37,456$45,075$47,315-13%
175Savannah State UniversityGA$31,545$45,043$54,252-13%
176University of Missouri - Saint LouisMO$34,240$44,957$53,107-13%
177University of Central MissouriMO$34,575$44,517$49,582-14%
178Purdue University - North CentralIN$34,351$44,398-15%
179Grambling State UniversityLA$29,452$44,308$53,145-15%
180Concord UniversityWV$36,038$44,141$48,291-15%
181Missouri Western State UniversityMO$35,735$44,092$51,828-15%
182Elizabeth City State UniversityNC$34,274$44,051$52,698-15%
183Eastern Mennonite UniversityVA$35,391$43,616$50,995-16%
184Concordia UniversityIL$32,832$43,384$48,487-16%
185Marshall UniversityWV$32,849$43,328$53,189-17%
186Northwestern Oklahoma State UniversityOK$34,211$43,047-17%
187South Carolina State UniversitySC$28,818$42,904$47,966-17%
188Limestone UniversitySC$36,018$42,804$46,583-18%
189University of Maine at Presque IsleME$36,674$42,660$50,311-18%
190Missouri State UniversityMO$32,093$42,631$49,131-18%
191Southeast Missouri State UniversityMO$32,124$42,575$50,344-18%
192Virginia Intermont CollegeVA$33,710$42,201$50,975-19%
193Lincoln UniversityMO$33,189$42,146-19%
194Albany State UniversityGA$36,019$41,775$47,392-20%
195Central State UniversityOH$35,438$41,695$50,311-20%
196Coker UniversitySC$34,280$41,478$46,116-20%
197Fort Valley State UniversityGA$33,600$41,320$48,924-20%
198CUNY Hunter CollegeNY$41,079
199Purdue University NorthwestIN$33,861
200Missouri Southern State UniversityMO$33,249

Associate

national median $38,649 · 5 yrs
#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1City Colleges of Chicago - Harold Washington CollegeIL$34,840$52,165+35%
2Holyoke Community CollegeMA$34,222$50,129+30%
3San Antonio CollegeTX$30,756$48,908+27%
4Connecticut State Community CollegeCT$39,280$47,574$56,720+23%
5Western Wyoming Community CollegeWY$32,953$47,119+22%
6Salt Lake Community CollegeUT$31,002$46,924+21%
7Amarillo CollegeTX$29,041$45,534$46,435+18%
8Austin Community CollegeTX$35,060$44,767$56,877+16%
9Casper CollegeWY$30,926$44,700$55,849+16%
10Eastfield CollegeTX$36,110$44,398$54,522+15%
11Sinclair Community CollegeOH$28,777$44,398$49,513+15%
12Angelina CollegeTX$29,296$43,722$49,703+13%
13Palo Alto CollegeTX$30,437$43,497+13%
14College Of DuPageIL$31,171$43,384$50,676+12%
15Tulsa Community CollegeOK$28,884$42,709+11%
16University of CincinnatiOH$29,581$42,166$50,935+9%
17Tyler Junior CollegeTX$26,709$42,073$51,929+9%
18Lee CollegeTX$25,504$41,964+9%
19Rogue Community CollegeOR$33,710$41,695+8%
20University of Rio Grande - Rio Grande Community CollegeOH$27,814$41,695+8%
21Lakeland Community CollegeOH$33,900$41,174$39,242+7%
22Snow CollegeUT$22,385$41,019+6%
23Manchester Community CollegeCT$36,805$40,680$47,939+5%
24Clackamas Community CollegeOR$33,819$40,342+4%
25Treasure Valley Community CollegeOR$32,639$40,342+4%
26Bristol Community CollegeMA$34,351$40,204+4%
27Owens Community CollegeOH$28,178$40,180$46,845+4%
28Paris Junior CollegeTX$24,926$40,067+4%
29Chemeketa Community CollegeOR$31,905$39,857+3%
30Del Mar CollegeTX$29,388$39,842$55,228+3%
31Vincennes UniversityIN$25,431$39,425$48,144+2%
32South Texas CollegeTX$26,814$38,707$51,2230%
33Marion Technical CollegeOH$34,435$38,649$45,3650%
34Clark State CollegeOH$34,388$38,600$45,4130%
35Southern State Community CollegeOH$31,702$38,377$39,072-1%
36Zane State CollegeOH$28,103$37,897-2%
37Lorain County Community CollegeOH$31,089$37,788$51,851-2%
38Midlands Technical CollegeSC$30,814$37,664$42,596-3%
39SUNY College of Agriculture & Technology at CobleskillNY$28,584$37,592$50,129-3%
40Rock Valley CollegeIL$31,237$37,092$43,784-4%
41Greenville Technical CollegeSC$28,668$37,081$41,444-4%
42Elgin Community CollegeIL$32,125$37,041$44,276-4%
43James A. Rhodes State CollegeOH$28,880$36,888$43,463-5%
44Southwestern Illinois CollegeIL$27,814$36,857$36,215-5%
45Trident Technical CollegeSC$29,659$36,745$44,819-5%
46Edison State Community CollegeOH$30,395$36,674$38,842-5%
47Youngstown State UniversityOH$30,647$36,491-6%
48Iowa Central Community CollegeIA$31,792$35,940$51,223-7%
49Stark State CollegeOH$28,710$35,666$41,887-8%
50Lake Land CollegeIL$26,303$35,495$38,141-8%
51Horry - Georgetown Technical CollegeSC$27,237$35,298$36,019-9%
52Northwest State Community CollegeOH$28,465$35,281$41,326-9%
53Albany State UniversityGA$34,473$35,184$47,574-9%
54Northeast Iowa Community CollegeIA$26,587$34,840-10%
55Terra State Community CollegeOH$26,082$34,307$41,695-11%
56Central Ohio Technical CollegeOH$31,905$32,492-16%
57Denmark Technical CollegeSC$27,453$30,057$34,573-22%
58Washington State Community CollegeOH$29,097$29,880$38,573-23%
59Florence - Darlington Technical CollegeSC$24,160$29,742$32,549-23%
60Wright State UniversityOH$28,103$29,296-24%
61Piedmont Technical CollegeSC$28,482$29,159$35,091-25%
62Aiken Technical CollegeSC$27,542$28,969$38,771-25%
63Illinois Eastern Community Colleges - Wabash Valley CollegeIL$23,425$28,561$36,215-26%
64South Suburban CollegeIL$39,310$56,877
65Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma CityOK$35,091
66Sauk Valley Community CollegeIL$31,905
67Waubonsee Community CollegeIL$28,969
68Howard County Junior College DistrictTX$27,484

Doctoral (Professional)

#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1St. Catherine UniversityMN$90,582

Certificate (1-2 years)

#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1Mt. Hood Community CollegeOR$34,560$40,793
2Indiana Wesleyan UniversityIN$42,146
3Clackamas Community CollegeOR$41,244
4College Of DuPageIL$31,905

Certificate (under 1 year)

national median $35,430 · 5 yrs
#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1Clackamas Community CollegeOR$49,711$63,962+81%
2Connecticut State Community CollegeCT$44,398$55,464$72,585+57%
3Clark State CollegeOH$33,861$43,047+22%
4Albany State UniversityGA$38,623$39,425$58,574+11%
5Sinclair Community CollegeOH$25,751$37,132+5%
6Greenville Technical CollegeSC$28,661$35,430$40,4710%
7Trident Technical CollegeSC$29,273$34,322$42,570-3%
8Aiken Technical CollegeSC$29,236$31,089$36,903-12%
9Piedmont Technical CollegeSC$27,637$29,458$34,211-17%
10Orangeburg - Calhoun Technical CollegeSC$20,409$28,517$37,592-20%
11University of Massachusetts - AmherstMA$39,793
12Lakeland Community CollegeOH$33,239
13Indiana University - Purdue University IndianapolisIN$31,596