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 12
Massachusetts
Colleges with the
highest percentage
of
Social Work among the 2007-2008
graduating class.
| | Atlantic Union College
South Lancaster, MA | 12
(13.8%) |  |  | |
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| | Wheelock College
Boston, MA | 22
(13.8%) |  |  | |
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| | College of Our Lady of the Elms
Chicopee, MA | 27
(11.7%) | | | |
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| | Eastern Nazarene College
Quincy, MA | 11
(7.1%) |  | | |
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| | Gordon College
Wenham, MA | 18
(5.5%) | | | |
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| | Regis College
Weston, MA | 7
(3.9%) | | | |
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| | Anna Maria College
Paxton, MA | 5
(3.4%) | | | |
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| | University of Massachusetts-Boston
Boston, MA | 46
(3.1%) | | | |
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| | Salem State College
Salem, MA | 35
(2.9%) | |  | |
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| | Bridgewater State College
Bridgewater, MA | 34
(2.4%) | | | |
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.