Healthcare Social Workers Career

Vocational Programs for Healthcare Social Workers Career

Total Employees	Hourly Wage	Annual Wage
185K	$32.42	$67,430

The role of Healthcare Social Workers is to provide individuals, families, and groups with the psychosocial support needed to cope with chronic, acute, or terminal illnesses The average annual wage of the occupations is $67,430 and $32 per hour. 6 vocational programs could be taken for the Healthcare Social Workers career. Based on BLS data, a total of 185,020 employees were employed in the Occupation.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Healthcare Social Workers Career

The following 6 vocational programs are required or helpful to prepare Healthcare Social Workers.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing Healthcare Social Workers
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Thanatology	2	-	-	-	-
Social Work	53	-	-	-	-
Forensic Social Work	1	-	-	-	-
Social Work (other)	15	-	-	-	-
Clinical/Medical Social Work	12	-	-	-	-
Hospice and Palliative Care	1	-	-	-	-

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing Healthcare Social Workers

Program Name

Number of Schools

Tuition & Fees

Books & Supplies

Program Lengths

Avg. Completion Time

Clinical/Medical Social Work

Hospice and Palliative Care

Schools offering voational programs for Healthcare Social Workers

The following 79 schools offer the vocational programs and courses for preparing Healthcare Social Workers. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.