A program that prepares individuals for the professional practice of social welfare administration and counseling, and that focus on the study of organized means of providing basic support services for vulnerable individuals and groups. Includes instruction in social welfare policy; case work planning; social counseling and intervention strategies; administrative procedures and regulations; and specific applications in areas such as child welfare and family services, probation, employment services, and disability counseling.
| A major in Social Work is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided. |
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Top 50
U.S.
Colleges with the
highest percentage
of
Social Work among the 2007-2008
graduating class.
| | Saint Augustine College
Chicago, IL | 17
(100.0%) |  |  | |
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| | Caribbean University-Vega Baja
Vega Baja, PR | 16
(34.0%) | |  | |
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| | Salish Kootenai College
Pablo, MT | 10
(28.6%) | | | |
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| | Caribbean University-Ponce
Ponce, PR | 18
(27.3%) | | | |
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| | Caribbean University-Carolina
Carolina, PR | 8
(21.1%) | | | |
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| | Universidad Del Este
Carolina, PR | 156
(17.5%) |  | | |
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| | Kuyper College
Grand Rapids, MI | 8
(17.0%) | | | |
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| | Central Baptist College
Conway, AR | 11
(16.9%) | | | |
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| | Mississippi Valley State University
Itta Bena, MS | 58
(15.5%) |  | | |
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| | Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez
Mayaguez, PR | 19
(15.3%) | | | |
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