by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Social Work. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Social Work is a major offered under the public administration and social service program of study at Adelphi University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in social work, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Part-time graduates at Adelphi paid an average of $1,345 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $42,450 | $42,450 |
| Fees | $1,500 | $1,500 |
The median early career salary of social work students who receive their master’s degree from Adelphi is $49,397 per year. That is 14% higher than the national average of $43,464.
Online degrees for the Adelphi social work master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Adelphi Online Learning page.
About 88.5% of the students who received their MSW in social work in 2019-2020 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 87.2%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 55.5% of the social work master’s degrees at Adelphi in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 42%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 5 |
| Black or African American | 50 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 61 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 92 |
| International Students | 1 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 8 |
Social Work students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Social Work | 218 |
*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.
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