Social Work
16MEDIAN PAY, 15 MO£34,000
SATISFACTION77%
CONTINUATION75%
PROFESSIONAL JOBS95%
DESTINATION-WEIGHTEDAI is already used for about 16% of the work its graduates go into (Low).
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Social Work
MSW · University of York · 4 years
CONTINUATION ALERT
25% of this course's students did not continue past year one. Worth asking the university about directly.
The pay story
- £34,000Median, 15 months after graduating (HESA Graduate Outcomes)
- £26,500Median, 3 years out (LEO)
- £30,500Median, 5 years out (LEO)
That 15-month median sits at the 91th percentile of 656 Social Sciences courses nationally (ties counted as half, so a course on the median never reads as below it).
Graduate voice
- 90%Found their work meaningful
- 100%Felt on track with their career
- 95%In professional-level work
Where the pay comes from
- 30 / 100Managers, directors and senior officials · 5% of graduatescards →
- 15 / 100Welfare Professionals · 90% 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).