Georgia·Community and Social Service Occupations·SOC 21-1029

Best Social Worker, All Other programs in Georgia, ranked by enrollment

All social workers not listed.

17 schools in Georgia run programs that feed this job, graduating 814 people a year. The job pays a median of $78,260 in Georgia across about 1,510 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

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Graduates / yr
814
in Georgia
Median pay · Georgia
$78,260
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
1,510
people employed
Schools
17
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
42%
across those schools
Median net price
$20,980
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Georgia that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

2 programs in Georgia that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Georgia (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Georgia page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 44.0701In Georgia
755
92.8%
14$37,264$26,140
2
CIP 44.0799In Georgia
59
7.2%
3$37,264$26,140

Top 17 schools in Georgia

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 4 of the 17 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1University of Georgia
Athens, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
240Social Work$32,53490%38%
2Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
137Social Work$29,60953%55%
3Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
64Social Work52%69%
4Albany State University
Albany, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
58Social Work31%
5Clark Atlanta University
Atlanta, GA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
46Social Work$27,01649%$36,71764%
6Georgia Military College
Milledgeville, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
39Social Work38%
7Savannah State University
Savannah, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
39Social Work28%
8Valdosta State University
Valdosta, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
39Social Work42%72%
9Athens Technical College
Athens, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
24Social Work, Other51%
10Middle Georgia State University
Macon, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
22Social Work25%100%
11Fort Valley State University
Fort Valley, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
20Social Work$26,29941%66%
12Thomas University
Thomasville, GA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
20Social Work28%$18,95938%
13Southern Regional Technical College
Thomasville, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
19Social Work, Other31%
14Dalton State College
Dalton, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
16Social Work25%
15Georgia Northwestern Technical College
Rome, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
16Social Work, Other43%
16Augusta University
Augusta, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
10Social Work49%86%
17Point University
West Point, GA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
5Social Work34%$20,98044%

All 17 schools in Georgia

Every school in Georgia with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in Georgia that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
University of GeorgiaAthensPublic2401
Georgia State UniversityAtlantaPublic1371
Kennesaw State UniversityKennesawPublic641
Albany State UniversityAlbanyPublic581
Clark Atlanta UniversityAtlantaPrivate not-for-profit461
Georgia Military CollegeMilledgevillePublic391
Savannah State UniversitySavannahPublic391
Valdosta State UniversityValdostaPublic391
Athens Technical CollegeAthensPublic241
Middle Georgia State UniversityMaconPublic221
Fort Valley State UniversityFort ValleyPublic201
Thomas UniversityThomasvillePrivate not-for-profit201
Southern Regional Technical CollegeThomasvillePublic191
Dalton State CollegeDaltonPublic161
Georgia Northwestern Technical CollegeRomePublic161

What social workers, all other earn in Georgia

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in Georgia
$78,260
Mean annual
$79,100
Jobs in state
1,510
What the range looks like
10th pct$42,930Median$78,26090th pct$126,650
Versus the national median
+8.8%

U.S. median $71,900. Georgia pays above the national figure.

Job concentration
0.76×

1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.

Metro areas in Georgia

Columbus, GA-AL
$96,820median
70 jobs
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
$91,980median
160 jobs
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
$67,260median
780 jobs
Savannah, GA
$93,580median
50 jobs
Valdosta, GA
$87,420median
40 jobs
Athens-Clarke County, GA
$47,690median
40 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+3.9%
About as fast as average
Openings per year
7,000
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
3,100
81,000 → 84,100
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Social Workers, All Other page.

How to become a Social Worker, All Other

Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree

The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in Georgia

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 4 majors mapped to Social Workers, All Other4 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 44.0701Social Work
  • 44.0703Forensic Social Work
  • 44.0799Social Work, Other
  • 51.1512Hospice and Palliative Care

Common questions

Answers for people weighing social workers, all other programs in Georgia.

What degree do you need to become a Social Worker, All Other?+

Bachelor's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Social Work, which awarded 755 degrees in Georgia in 2024-25, 92.8% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming a Social Worker, All Other?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 2 programs to this occupation. The largest are Social Work. Together they graduate about 814 people a year in Georgia.

How much do social workers, all other earn in Georgia?+

The median is $78,260 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 8.8% above the U.S. median of $71,900. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for social workers, all other growing?+

BLS projects a +3.9% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 7,000 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in Georgia?+

17 institutions in Georgia reported graduates from at least one of the 2 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

Do you need training or experience beyond a degree?+

BLS lists 'None' for related work experience and 'None' for on-the-job training typically needed to reach competency.

Social Workers, All Other in other statesNew YorkCaliforniaTexasMinnesotaIllinoisOhioMichiganKentucky
Programs in GeorgiaSocial Work

About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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