Clinical/Medical Social Work at Florida Atlantic University

If you plan to study clinical/medical social work, take a look at what Florida Atlantic University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

FAU is located in Boca Raton, Florida and approximately 30,805 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Clinical/Medical Social Work section at the bottom of this page.

FAU Clinical/Medical Social Work Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Clinical/Medical Social Work
• Doctorate Degree in Clinical/Medical Social Work

FAU Clinical/Medical Social Work Rankings

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There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in clinical/medical social work, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Clinical/Medical Social Work Student Demographics at FAU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the clinical/medical social work majors at Florida Atlantic University.

FAU Clinical/Medical Social Work Master’s Program

The clinical/medical social work program at FAU awarded 134 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 13% of these degrees went to men with the other 87% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 12% men graduate in clinical/medical social work each year. FAU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

In the clinical/medical social work master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 59% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Florida Atlantic University with a master's in clinical/medical social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	41
Hispanic or Latino	30
White	55
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Related Majors

• Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling

Careers That Clinical/Medical Social Work Grads May Go Into

A degree in clinical/medical social work can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for FL, the home state for Florida Atlantic University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Healthcare Social Workers	10,660	$50,950
Substance Abuse Social Workers	3,760	$44,100

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Kmgcoolguy4 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.