by our College Data Analytics TeamSocial Work is a concentration offered under the social work major at University of Southern California. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in social work, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at USC paid an average of $0 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-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 |
Online degrees for the USC 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 USC Online Learning page.
About 86.3% 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 67.2% of the social work master’s degrees at USC in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 42%.
| 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 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.