Graduates from Ramapo’s social work program are employed in social service agencies and organizations as well as educational and governmental institutions throughout the New York and New Jersey metropolitan area and beyond. A high percentage of graduates have gone on to prestigious graduate schools such as NYU, Columbia, Rutgers, Hunter, LIU, Fordham, and Monmouth Universities to complete their Master of Social Work degree towards becoming a licensed practitioner. Among the fields that Ramapo graduates get jobs are: child welfare, family services, mental health community centers, hospitals, nursing homes, community centers, congregations, rural communities, employment assistance programs, schools, and hospice services.

Sample Job Titles and National Salary Ranges

* Sources of Information: United States Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics (2020). For more information about careers and assistance in making your career plans, please contact Career Services (cahill@ramapo.edu) or visit www.ramapo.edu/careercenter/.

As a social work student, you will complete 600 hours over a two year period of field internship supervised by credentialed and experienced professionals in community agencies and organizations. In these placements, you will practice the skills you learn in classes.

Social work majors at Ramapo have completed cooperative education programs with organizations such as Broadway House for Continuing Care, Paterson Family Success Center, Housing Authority of Bergen County, Huntington’s Disease Society of America, Shelter Our Sisters, and the North Jersey Development Center. You can also co-major or minor in a second field such as psychology, sociology, economics, political science, and/or minor in the areas of gerontology, women’s studies, African-American Studies, ethic studies, and substance abuse.