Social Work
15MEDIAN PAY, 15 MO£40,500
SATISFACTION91%
CONTINUATION82%
PROFESSIONAL JOBS90%
DESTINATION-WEIGHTEDAI is already used for about 15% of the work its graduates go into (Low).
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Social Work
BA · Robert Gordon University · 4 years
The pay story
- £40,500Median, 15 months after graduating (HESA Graduate Outcomes)
- £33,500Median, 3 years out (LEO)
- £37,000Median, 5 years out (LEO)
That 15-month median sits at the 100th percentile of 656 Social Sciences courses nationally (ties counted as half, so a course on the median never reads as below it).
Graduate voice
- 100%Found their work meaningful
- 80%Felt on track with their career
- 90%In professional-level work
Where the pay comes from
- 30 / 100Managers, directors and senior officials · 5% of graduatescards →
- 15 / 100Welfare Professionals · 65% of graduatescards →
- 15 / 100Welfare and housing associate professionals · 15% of graduatescards →
- 8 / 100Teaching and Childcare Associate Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
- 8 / 100Protective service occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
MORE ON THIS COURSEClassic profile (reviews, comparisons, open days, campus video) · this course as data. Measured August 2026; pay, satisfaction and continuation figures are the course's own published data (HESA GO / LEO / NSS).