• Integrate counseling skills, human behavior and social environment theory, and policy understanding
• Promote social, economic, and environmental justice.
• Benefit from small classrooms and 1:1 mentoring relationships with professors, who are seasoned social work practitioners with broad national & international experiences.
• Engage in professional social work practice, service and peacebuilding as a way of life in a diverse multicultural, local, national and global community.
• Have the opportunity to take classes in EMU’s graduate program in conflict transformation and qualify for advanced standing in social work graduate schools.
• Participate in intercultural study to develop global awareness and appreciation of diverse cultures.

• Students work in the field under faculty supervision beginning in their first semester as a Social Work student.
• All students complete a rigorous 430 hour 4th year field experience in the Shenandoah Valley or in Washington DC with EMU's Washington Community Scholar Center.

• Most graduates practice professionally within four months of graduation. 
• Career opportunities in behavioral health, crisis intervention, mental health counseling, patient advocacy, family and children’s services, adoption and foster care, elder care, and criminal justice.
• Our graduates worked for organizations in Harrisonburg, in Washington DC, across the county and around the world, including: The Family Place, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Virginia Organizing, Mennonite Central Committee, Valley Community Services Board, and Harrisonburg City Schools.
• Our graduates have pursued advance degrees from James Madison University, Virginia Commonwealth University, Radford University, George Mason University, and EMU's own Center for justice and Peacebuilding.
• 98% of job-seeking students were employee within a year of graduation.

• 99% of undergrads receive financial aid
• The average assistance package is over $37,000
• Over $21 million in aid is awarded each year

Financial aid packages often include:

• Grants and scholarships
• Work-study positions
• Loan opportunities

Learn more by contacting  EMU's Financial Assistance Office or checking out our net price calculator.