Social Work at University of Central Florida

If you plan to study social work, take a look at what University of Central Florida has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UCF is located in Orlando, Florida and approximately 71,881 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 233 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.

UCF Social Work Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Social Work

Online Classes Are Available at UCF

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, UCF does offer online courses in social work for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UCF Social Work Rankings

Social Work Student Demographics at UCF

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

UCF Social Work Master’s Program

Of the 233 social work students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UCF, about 10% were men and 90% were women.

Of the students who received a social work master's degree from UCF, 50% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the social work master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 48% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	41
Hispanic or Latino	59
White	117
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Related Majors

• Other Public Administration
• Public Administration

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 FL, the home state for University of Central Florida.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Healthcare Social Workers	10,660	$50,950
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	9,010	$42,640
Social and Community Service Managers	3,850	$71,820
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	3,770	$35,630
Substance Abuse Social Workers	3,760	$44,100

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 Breezy Baldwin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.