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

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

All social workers not listed.

8 schools in Oregon run programs that feed this job, graduating 551 people a year. The job pays a median of $67,820 in Oregon across about 3,710 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

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Graduates / yr
551
in Oregon
Median pay · Oregon
$67,820
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
3,710
people employed
Schools
8
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
47%
across those schools
Median net price
$30,571
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Oregon that lead to this job

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

2 programs in Oregon that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Oregon (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 Oregon 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 Oregon
549
99.6%
8$37,264$26,140
2
CIP 44.0799In Oregon
2
0.4%
1$37,264$26,140

Top 8 schools in Oregon

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 2 of the 8 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Portland State University
Portland, OR Public · 1 feeder programs
427Social Work$41,59453%91%
2George Fox University
Newberg, OR Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
40Social Work$27,75572%$26,56494%
3Clackamas Community College
Oregon City, OR Public · 1 feeder programs
30Social Work23%
4Pacific University
Forest Grove, OR Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
27Social Work67%$30,57190%
5University of Portland
Portland, OR Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
11Social Work80%$33,82289%
6Rogue Community College
Grants Pass, OR Public · 1 feeder programs
9Social Work9%
7Warner Pacific University
Portland, OR Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
5Social Work49%$19,34371%
8Chemeketa Community College
Salem, OR Public · 1 feeder programs
2Social Work21%

All 8 schools in Oregon

Every school in Oregon 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 Oregon that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Portland State UniversityPortlandPublic4271
George Fox UniversityNewbergPrivate not-for-profit402
Clackamas Community CollegeOregon CityPublic301
Pacific UniversityForest GrovePrivate not-for-profit271
University of PortlandPortlandPrivate not-for-profit111
Rogue Community CollegeGrants PassPublic91
Warner Pacific UniversityPortlandPrivate not-for-profit51
Chemeketa Community CollegeSalemPublic21

What social workers, all other earn in Oregon

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

Median annual in Oregon
$67,820
Mean annual
$70,200
Jobs in state
3,710
What the range looks like
10th pct$48,750Median$67,82090th pct$89,220
Versus the national median
-5.7%

U.S. median $71,900. Oregon pays below the national figure.

Job concentration
4.66×

Concentrated here: Oregon employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.

Metro areas in Oregon

Medford, OR
$70,110median
260 jobs
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
$67,820median
1,810 jobs
Grants Pass, OR
$73,740median
70 jobs
Salem, OR
$70,320median
380 jobs
Bend, OR
$70,320median
160 jobs
Eugene-Springfield, OR
$61,310median
340 jobs
Albany, OR
$72,260median
90 jobs
Corvallis, OR
$69,610median
60 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 Oregon

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 Oregon.

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 549 degrees in Oregon in 2024-25, 99.6% 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 551 people a year in Oregon.

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

The median is $67,820 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 5.7% below 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 Oregon?+

8 institutions in Oregon 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 OregonSocial 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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