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San Diego State University MSW in Social Work

126 Master's Degrees Awarded
$50,717 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 San Diego State University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in social work, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.

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

$9,154 Average Tuition and Fees

SDSU Graduate Tuition and Fees

The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.

In StateOut of State
Tuition$7,176$16,680
Fees$1,978$1,978

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

$50,717 Average Salary
High Earnings Boost

social work who receive their master’s degree from SDSU make an average of $50,717 a year during the early days of their career. That is 17% higher than the national average of $43,464.

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Does SDSU Offer an Online MSW in Social Work?

SDSU 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 SDSU Online Learning page.

SDSU Master’s Student Diversity for Social Work

126 Master's Degrees Awarded
85.7% Women
60.3% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There were 126 master’s degrees in social work awarded during the 2019-2020 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

About 85.7% of the students who received their MSW in social work in 2019-2020 were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 87.2%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in social work at SDSU in 2019-2020, 60.3% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 42%.

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Race/EthnicityNumber of Students
Asian7
Black or African American3
Hispanic or Latino60
Native American or Alaska Native1
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander0
White42
International Students1
Other Races/Ethnicities12

MSW in Social Work Focus Areas at SDSU

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

Focus AreaAnnual Graduates
Social Work126

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

Related MajorAnnual Graduates
Public Administration46
Other Public Administration2

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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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