Bachelor's · Montevallo, Alabama
Is Social Work at University of Montevallo worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 8.6 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $41,253
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $46,604
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $25,021
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $80k (likely $80k – $105k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $13k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in AL
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 8.6 years (likely 5.8–15.2)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$119k (likely −$208k – −$43k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $47k (likely −$113k – $222k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 56%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$67,200
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$57,747
- Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (Master's)$56,783
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's)$54,476
- Marketing (Bachelor's)$53,492
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$51,775
- Radio, Television, and Digital Communication (Bachelor's)$50,497
- Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (Bachelor's)$49,979
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$48,160
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's)$47,823
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$46,805
- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies (Bachelor's)$46,767
Social Work at other schools in Alabama
- Auburn University$50,156
- The University of Alabama$49,561
- University of Alabama at Birmingham$47,791
- Alabama A & M University$47,121
- University of South Alabama$46,667
- Jacksonville State University$45,882
- Troy University$45,789
- Alabama State University$43,661
- University of North Alabama$37,853