Social Work at Western New Mexico University

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

Western New Mexico University is located in Silver City, New Mexico and approximately 2,896 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 138 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.

Western New Mexico University Social Work Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Social Work

Online Classes Are Available at Western New Mexico University

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? Western New Mexico University offers distance education options for social work at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Western New Mexico University Social Work Rankings

Social Work Student Demographics at Western New Mexico University

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

Western New Mexico University Social Work Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 16% of social work master's degrees went to men and 84% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in social work each year. Western New Mexico University does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

Of the students who received a social work master's degree from Western New Mexico University, 54% 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 45% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	39
White	74
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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 NM, the home state for Western New Mexico University.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	1,830	$41,460
Healthcare Social Workers	1,190	$55,490
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	800	$42,970
Social and Community Service Managers	670	$65,750
Substance Abuse Social Workers	510	$45,260

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 AllenS under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.