Social Work at Temple University

If you are interested in studying social work, you may want to check out the program at Temple University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Temple is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and approximately 37,236 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 116 students received their master's degree in social work.

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.

Temple Social Work Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Social Work

Online Classes Are Available at Temple

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Temple offers distance education options for social work at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Temple Social Work Rankings

Social Work Student Demographics at Temple

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

Temple Social Work Master’s Program

Of the 116 students who earned a master's degree in Social Work from Temple in 2020-2021, 14% were men and 86% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in social work each year. Temple does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 1% more men than average.

Of the students who received a social work master's degree from Temple, 54% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Temple University with a master's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	33
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	63
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Related Majors

• Public Policy

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 PA, the home state for Temple University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	20,160	$43,680
Social and Community Service Managers	8,300	$65,620
Substance Abuse Social Workers	7,860	$38,440
Healthcare Social Workers	7,560	$53,770
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	4,150	$55,280

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 Audrey under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.