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University of Southern California MSW in Social Work

1,200 Master's Degrees Awarded
$51,438 Average Salary

The 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 University of Southern California. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in social work, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.

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How Much Does a Master’s in Social Work from USC Cost?

$48,715 Average Tuition and Fees

USC Graduate Tuition and Fees

Part-time graduates at USC paid an average of $1,995 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

In State Out of State
Tuition $47,880 $47,880
Fees $835 $835

How Much Can You Make With a MSW in Social Work From USC?

$51,438 Average Salary
High Earnings Boost

social work who receive their master’s degree from USC make an average of $51,438 a year during the early days of their career. That is 18% higher than the national average of $43,464.

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Does USC Offer an Online MSW in Social Work?

USC does not offer an online option for its social work master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the USC Online Learning page.

USC Master’s Student Diversity for Social Work

1,200 Master's Degrees Awarded
86.3% Women
67.2% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2019-2020 academic year, 1,200 students received their master’s degree in social work. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 86.3% of the social work students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 87.2%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in social work at USC in 2019-2020, 67.2% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 42%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 96
Black or African American 202
Hispanic or Latino 472
Native American or Alaska Native 13
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 13
White 310
International Students 5
Other Races/Ethnicities 89

MSW in Social Work Focus Areas at USC

Social Work students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area Annual Graduates
Social Work 1,200

You may also be interested in one of these majors related to social work.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Public Administration 175
Public Policy 96
Other Public Administration 19

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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.

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