The University of Alabama School of Social Work

The UA School of Social Work was established in 1965 by an act of the Alabama Legislature to address Alabamas critical shortage of and pressing need for professionally trained social workers. Prior to this time there were fewer than 100 trained social workers in the state, accounting for about 19% of the persons employed in the states social welfare positions. Forty-eight of the states sixty-seven counties had no professional social workers. The school was first accredited in 1969, and the first class received masters degrees the same year. The MSW program is accredited until 2019. UA is the only university...

Social work and education

The university of alabama school of social work operates in the Higher education industry.

The university of alabama school of social work's revenue is 11m - 100m

The university of alabama school of social work has 51 - 200 employees.