Master's · Public Administration and Social Service Professions

Social Work (Master's): earnings by school

301 schools report graduate earnings for this major.

Median across schools, 1 year out
$56,086
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Median across schools, 4 years out
$62,619
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical debt
$38,374
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort

Across 275 schools reporting 4-year earnings, the middle half of programs pay graduates between $59,014 and $68,318. The school matters less than you might think for this major.

Schools, highest earnings first

School1 year4 yearsDebt
California State University-East Bay CA$77,471$96,198$33,622
California State University-Monterey Bay CA$78,255$95,950$17,288
San Francisco State University CA$87,992$94,452$34,250
California State University-Bakersfield CA$75,184$86,527$32,900
University of California-Los Angeles CA$72,541$85,426$41,000
California State University-Stanislaus CA$72,437$84,837$40,885
California State University-Dominguez Hills CA$73,337$84,628$28,220
California State University-Sacramento CA$76,257$84,100$25,474
California State University-Long Beach CA$73,982$82,395$30,328
California State University-Northridge CA$76,529$81,505$24,500
California State University-San Bernardino CA$69,509$81,476$33,542
California State University-Fullerton CA$73,879$81,397$24,718
California State University-Fresno CA$75,708$80,905$25,575
San Diego State University CA$68,370$78,813$23,713
California State University-Los Angeles CA$73,466$78,135$26,024
CUNY Lehman College NY$64,343$77,884$31,730
Azusa Pacific University CA$67,958$77,518$60,750
California State University-San Marcos CA$68,481$77,471$38,808
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA$69,712$77,163$53,831
University of Washington-Tacoma Campus WA$69,712$77,163$53,831
Portland State University OR$66,965$77,091$56,750
College of Staten Island CUNY NY$67,903$76,568$29,250
CUNY Hunter College NY$67,802$76,071$41,000
Columbia University in the City of New York NY$64,626$75,980$66,998
Bridgewater State University MA$64,650$75,783$41,000
Howard University DC$66,929$75,734$88,816
California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt CA$67,848$74,253$35,464
University of Southern California CA$68,115$73,829$114,877
University of Nevada-Reno NV$61,006$73,580$34,500
New York University NY$63,502$72,690$97,509
California Baptist University CA$70,456$72,590$41,000
University of North Dakota ND$64,742$72,577$40,724
University of Massachusetts Global CA$72,501—$51,237
California State University-Chico CA$67,519$72,273$15,000
Boston University MA$63,669$72,136$54,413
University of Alaska Anchorage AK$74,800$72,105$35,376
University of Chicago IL$60,660$71,980$66,000
Boston College MA$63,684$71,957$44,802
Adelphi University NY$59,304$71,718$61,500
Touro University NY$64,335$71,531$64,564
George Fox University OR$60,185$71,521$41,000
Minnesota State University-Mankato MN$61,928$71,402$28,920
Utah Valley University UT$56,979$71,388$29,851
Quinnipiac University CT$59,496$71,091$59,042
Yeshiva University NY$55,713$70,744$52,500
Seattle University WA$68,593$70,622$37,085
Northwest Nazarene University ID$60,592$70,614$47,834
Morgan State University MD$60,968$70,545$41,000
Fordham University NY$62,142$70,342$61,000
Westfield State University MA$60,429$70,061$41,000
University of Maryland Baltimore MD$62,083$70,051$50,598
George Mason University VA$61,715$70,044$55,166
Salem State University MA$64,709$69,819$41,000
Long Island University NY$62,007$69,549$110,322
Spring Arbor University MI$57,170$69,441$28,800
Simmons University MA$61,660$69,292$71,750
Augsburg University MN$61,755$69,129$41,000
University of Wyoming WY$60,021$69,044$27,969
Rhode Island College RI$63,368$69,017$22,181
Smith College MA$58,976$68,927$51,932
Seton Hall University NJ$60,513$68,884$64,950
University of Connecticut CT$59,566$68,882$41,000
University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus CT$59,566$68,882$41,000
University of Connecticut-Avery Point CT$59,566$68,882$41,000
University of Connecticut-Stamford CT$59,566$68,882$41,000
University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus CT$59,566$68,882$41,000
University of Pennsylvania PA$63,236$68,695$70,543
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN$58,402$68,679$53,578
Springfield College MA$63,341$68,674$61,500
Saint Cloud State University MN$57,240$68,318$20,500
Eastern Washington University WA$64,689$68,191$36,000
University of Saint Joseph CT$60,693$68,123$49,293
University of Houston TX$59,172$68,032$40,396
Colorado State University-Fort Collins CO$56,086$67,960$37,690
Widener University PA$60,108$67,786$79,500
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ$60,687$67,462$53,845
Arizona State University Digital Immersion AZ$60,687$67,462$53,845
University of Utah UT$61,143$67,368$35,304
Stony Brook University NY$60,067$67,350$41,000
Salisbury University MD$57,947$67,218$35,000
Kean University NJ$59,383$66,931$58,773
Eastern Michigan University MI$56,829$66,873$53,090
Metropolitan State University of Denver CO$59,688$66,816$33,047
Monmouth University NJ$54,814$66,697$35,617
Pacific University OR$60,073$66,596$51,250
Utah State University UT$57,571$66,536$27,396
Southern Connecticut State University CT$57,847$66,503$34,583
Rutgers University-Camden NJ$59,432$66,438$45,168
Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ$59,432$66,438$45,168
Rutgers University-Newark NJ$59,432$66,438$45,168
Montclair State University NJ$61,559$66,259$41,000
University of Nevada-Las Vegas NV$52,741$66,253$52,000
Erikson Institute IL$53,543$66,121$92,813
University of Illinois Chicago IL$57,528$65,915$40,001
Chicago State University IL$63,234$65,619$72,249
Regis College MA$65,320—$51,125
University of Hawaii at Manoa HI$52,049$65,263$40,194
University of St Thomas MN$62,144$65,240$38,671
University of Denver CO$56,800$65,203$93,505
Loyola University Chicago IL$58,113$65,097$47,958
Virginia Commonwealth University VA$56,844$65,063$41,000
Keuka College NY$58,745$65,013$37,682
Middle Tennessee State University TN$52,240$64,885$26,230
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI$55,399$64,788$41,000
The College of Saint Scholastica MN$56,892$64,773$35,339
Ramapo College of New Jersey NJ$55,668$64,620$33,580
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus OK$61,549$64,587$48,312
Barry University FL$57,190$64,500$52,995
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus OH$52,013$64,476$25,113
University of Arkansas at Little Rock AR$54,238$64,464$41,463
Boise State University ID$60,861$64,464$32,155
The University of Texas at Austin TX$59,835$64,396$38,583
Saginaw Valley State University MI$56,777$64,391$34,255
Michigan State University MI$56,418$64,368—
University of Maine ME$59,087$64,301$49,416
Norfolk State University VA$59,342$64,246$40,545
University at Albany NY$58,991$64,213$38,762
University of Vermont VT$54,550$64,211$50,750
The University of Texas at San Antonio TX$54,017$64,172$48,361
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley TX$60,484$64,161$20,500
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL$55,812$64,120$44,483
North Carolina A & T State University NC$50,770$64,009$21,876
Ferris State University MI$60,459$63,946$30,000
Binghamton University NY$59,089$63,907$41,000
Northeastern State University OK$63,889—$25,100
Washington University in St Louis MO$54,090$63,805$51,367
Delaware State University DE$63,018$63,662$30,750
Valdosta State University GA$54,259$63,609$30,752
Walden University MN$58,916$63,559$68,334
University of Missouri-Kansas City MO$52,862$63,357$32,428
Western New Mexico University NM$57,277$63,313$34,700
Stockton University NJ$58,920$63,291$34,475
Dominican University IL$57,436$63,207$43,604
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus NH$59,385$62,970$41,000
Our Lady of the Lake University TX$55,368$62,913$61,667
University of Southern Maine ME$56,015$62,912$35,138
The University of Texas at Arlington TX$55,607$62,890$34,166
CUNY York College NY$62,839—$20,500
Clark Atlanta University GA$54,182$62,780$51,500
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee WI$56,807$62,696$29,750
University of Minnesota-Duluth MN$54,293$62,641$31,569
Texas State University TX$56,923$62,619$33,660
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC$54,815$62,611$47,743
Madonna University MI$55,442$62,583—
Governors State University IL$57,830$62,482$33,700
The University of Texas at El Paso TX$51,711$62,434$22,500
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville IL$49,955$62,412$27,318
Ohio State University-Main Campus OH$55,238$62,275$41,000
Temple University PA$55,820$62,274$54,350
Chamberlain University-Illinois IL$62,256—$42,125
Nova Southeastern University FL$51,750$62,202$119,773
West Texas A & M University TX$55,207$62,188$28,904
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI$57,680$62,101$32,788
Brigham Young University UT$56,143$62,078—
Saint Leo University FL$55,219$62,036$53,454
Wayne State University MI$55,052$61,914$41,000
Marshall University WV$48,780$61,852$35,669
Stephen F Austin State University TX$53,550$61,841$25,521
Texas Tech University TX—$61,750$24,044
University of New England ME$59,792$61,719$67,544
Aurora University IL$55,865$61,710$35,633
University of Memphis TN$49,886$61,683$32,318
Syracuse University NY$58,167$61,656$61,365
Park University MO$56,288$61,582$37,955
Marywood University PA$53,138$61,536$45,744
Johnson C Smith University NC$52,977$61,497$41,000
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay WI$53,536$61,462$20,500
East Carolina University NC$52,586$61,461$38,212
University of St Francis IL$55,723$61,372$27,109
Radford University VA$54,679$61,332$36,523
Baylor University TX$56,448$61,272$62,721
Youngstown State University OH$52,512$61,197$35,500
Florida Gulf Coast University FL$58,100$61,073$28,299
Southeastern University FL$51,667$61,053$27,768
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University FL$48,871$61,026$32,500
University of Kentucky KY$52,636$60,970$30,750
Roberts Wesleyan University NY$55,939$60,816$41,000
Abilene Christian University TX—$60,816—
SUNY Brockport NY$53,694$60,757$31,500
University of Nebraska at Omaha NE$54,106$60,739$40,353
East Texas A&M University TX$54,321$60,618$27,556
University at Buffalo NY$53,054$60,612$41,000
University of Georgia GA$51,262$60,590$49,148
Ohio University-Main Campus OH$52,685$60,384$42,166
The University of Montana MT$52,735$60,362$53,201
DePaul University IL$58,271$60,329$61,500
Texas Christian University TX$53,773$60,329—
Western Michigan University MI$56,463$60,283$41,000
Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion IN$54,360$60,273$38,013
Indiana Wesleyan University-National & Global IN$54,360$60,273$38,013
Case Western Reserve University OH$53,786$60,228$88,880
Washburn University KS$58,577$59,993$37,496
Nazareth University NY$56,467$59,937$40,527
Indiana University-Indianapolis IN$53,963$59,903$42,556
University of North Carolina at Pembroke NC$49,584$59,853$25,190
University of Northern Iowa IA$54,081$59,834$26,820
University of Kansas KS$54,784$59,791$29,391
Kennesaw State University GA$51,462$59,764$38,059
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota MN$59,761—$41,000
Tarleton State University TX$55,880$59,672$28,404
Northeastern Illinois University IL$54,082$59,663$20,500
University of North Carolina at Greensboro NC$53,037$59,609$21,364
North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC$52,277$59,556$30,937
Austin Peay State University TN$48,658$59,382$24,690
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College LA$53,300$59,370$41,000
Grand Valley State University MI$55,701$59,369$44,287
Wichita State University KS$56,176$59,219$27,550
Grambling State University LA$49,737$59,157$44,742
University of North Carolina Wilmington NC$51,603$59,108$26,522
Andrews University MI$51,238$59,083—
University of Louisville KY$52,439$59,074$47,656
West Chester University of Pennsylvania PA$59,063—$45,657
Sacred Heart University CT$59,514$59,036$52,592
Spalding University KY$50,049$59,014$41,000
Cleveland State University OH$53,731$58,916$39,500
Western Carolina University NC$52,233$58,911$35,682
Miami University-Oxford OH$52,333$58,826$34,600
Newman University KS$54,497$58,748$54,237
Hawaii Pacific University HI$58,707——
Northern Arizona University AZ$58,620—$32,521
Troy University AL$49,618$58,560$30,417
New Mexico State University-Main Campus NM$55,244$58,551$20,500
Pennsylvania Western University PA$54,401$58,490$41,000
University of Arkansas AR$56,632$58,464$22,085
Indiana University-Northwest IN$53,270$58,430$38,500
Wright State University-Main Campus OH$50,351$58,382$39,099
Daemen University NY$50,253$58,349$40,956
University of Iowa IA$54,031$58,268$45,159
West Virginia University WV$52,062$58,265$35,598
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh WI$53,184$58,151$20,500
University of Central Florida FL$56,806$58,123$40,660
University of Missouri-St Louis MO$55,052$57,905$37,512
Millersville University of Pennsylvania PA$52,819$57,898$40,633
Bryn Mawr College PA—$57,867$20,500
Saint Louis University MO$52,953$57,853$40,449
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania PA$49,263$57,834$41,000
Tennessee State University TN$55,884$57,826$20,500
Concord University WV$53,666$57,680$34,500
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus OH$52,544$57,587$41,000
Colorado State University Pueblo CO$57,585—$21,111
Northern Michigan University MI$57,382—$29,412
St Catherine University MN$57,219—$38,776
North Carolina Central University NC$55,660$57,082$50,855
Walla Walla University WA$57,378$56,969$41,000
Alvernia University PA$56,922—$32,582
Clarke University IA$58,185$56,897$24,899
University of South Florida FL$53,058$56,830$31,650
Arkansas State University AR$52,079$56,813$29,827
University of South Carolina-Columbia SC$48,567$56,741$44,621
Western Kentucky University KY$47,211$56,628$20,500
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania PA$53,892$56,543$28,315
Winthrop University SC$52,101$56,287$61,500
University of Akron Main Campus OH$55,249$56,193$34,500
Albany State University GA$52,355$56,072$38,591
University of Toledo OH$52,709$56,004$31,207
Ball State University IN$55,907—$25,144
Illinois State University IL$49,278$55,801$27,338
Concordia University-Wisconsin WI$55,785—$20,500
Tulane University of Louisiana LA$56,987$55,716$75,663
Georgia State University GA$50,817$55,629$32,845
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville TN$49,622$55,624$31,535
Savannah State University GA$52,563$55,566$27,573
Northern Kentucky University KY$52,322$55,285$46,714
Samford University AL$48,511$55,271$41,000
Campbellsville University KY$52,742$55,212$36,450
University of North Carolina at Charlotte NC$50,909$55,192$28,500
Southern University at New Orleans LA—$55,119—
Appalachian State University NC$50,035$54,939$20,500
The University of Alabama AL$48,546$54,926$33,404
Union University TN$47,584$54,660$41,000
Missouri State University-Springfield MO$51,957$54,418$22,083
Angelo State University TX$54,394—$15,882
Saint Ambrose University IA$50,357$54,215$41,000
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale IL$50,261$54,200$25,189
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater WI$54,121—$20,500
Indiana University-Bloomington IN$50,401$53,836$32,411
Indiana University-South Bend IN$50,854$53,764$38,402
Gallaudet University DC$50,013$53,501$30,750
East Tennessee State University TN$50,734$53,352$41,000
Fayetteville State University NC$50,273$52,915$34,795
Southern Adventist University TN$49,408$52,732$30,058
The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga TN$47,115$52,413$35,767
University of North Texas TX$52,075——
University of Southern Mississippi MS$44,476$51,523$38,270
Lewis University IL$51,468—$21,666
Carlow University PA$51,369——
Alabama A & M University AL$45,667$51,295$39,229
Texas Woman's University TX$50,693——
Brescia University KY$54,881$50,197$38,346
Louisiana Christian University LA$50,081—$27,250
Idaho State University ID$50,063—$25,500
Alabama State University AL$46,974$49,696—
Jackson State University MS$43,858$48,920$41,000
Auburn University AL$46,723——
Jacksonville State University AL$45,231—$27,770
Texas A&M University-Kingsville TX$48,045$44,786$20,500
University of North Alabama AL$42,231—$20,500
Mississippi Valley State University MS—$36,542—
University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras PR$27,791$34,329$20,600
Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus PR$26,116$33,793$20,500

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