Social Work
13MEDIAN PAY, 15 MO£25,000
SATISFACTION78%
CONTINUATION90%
PROFESSIONAL JOBS85%
DESTINATION-WEIGHTEDAI is already used for about 13% of the work its graduates go into (Low).
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Social Work
BA · University of Suffolk · 3 years
The pay story
- £25,000Median, 15 months after graduating (HESA Graduate Outcomes)
- £20,500Median, 3 years out (LEO)
- £22,500Median, 5 years out (LEO)
That 15-month median sits at the 16th 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
- 80%Felt on track with their career
- 85%In professional-level work
Where the pay comes from
- 15 / 100Welfare Professionals · 85% of graduatescards →
- 6 / 100Caring personal services · 10% of graduatescards →
- 4 / 100Skilled trades occupations · 10% 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).