Child, Family, and School Social Workers

Provide social services and assistance to improve the social and psychological functioning of children and their families and to maximize the family well-being and the academic functioning of children. May assist parents, arrange adoptions, and find foster homes for abandoned or abused children. In schools, they address such problems as teenage pregnancy, misbehavior, and truancy. May also advise teachers.

Programs That Prepare You

College programs linked to this occupation, ranked by graduate earnings

Criminal Justice and Corrections(masters)University of San Diego, CA

$143,943

Research and Experimental Psychology(masters)Alliant International University-San Diego, CA

$123,985

Social Work(doctoral)New York University, NY

$122,282

Criminal Justice and Corrections(masters)Curry College, MA

$121,483

Criminal Justice and Corrections(certificate)Santa Rosa Junior College, CA

$111,649

Social Work(doctoral)Rutgers University-New Brunswick, NJ

$108,858

Criminal Justice and Corrections(postbacc-cert)University of Louisville, KY

$102,190

Criminal Justice and Corrections(masters)University of Chicago, IL

$100,258

Criminal Justice and Corrections(masters)Lewis University, IL

$96,146

Social Work(doctoral)University of Pennsylvania, PA

$95,259

Social Work(doctoral)Indiana University-Indianapolis, IN

$95,093

Social Work(doctoral)CUNY Graduate School and University Center, NY

$95,093

Social Work(doctoral)Aurora University, IL

$95,093

Social Work(doctoral)Clark Atlanta University, GA

$95,093

Social Work(doctoral)Colorado State University-Fort Collins, CO

$95,093

Social Work(doctoral)Fordham University, NY

$95,093

Social Work(doctoral)Howard University, DC

$95,093

Social Work(doctoral)Columbia University in the City of New York, NY

$95,093

Social Work(doctoral)Bryn Mawr College, PA

$95,093

Social Work(doctoral)Barry University, FL

$95,093

Social Work(doctoral)California Baptist University, CA

$95,093

Social Work(doctoral)Baylor University, TX

$95,093

Social Work(doctoral)Case Western Reserve University, OH

$95,093

Social Work(doctoral)Florida International University, FL

$95,093

Social Work(doctoral)Adelphi University, NY

$95,093