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Abstract
This article reports on a study of enrollment trends, staffing patterns, and student-faculty ratios in master’s degree programs in social work and three related fields. Results for MSW programs show (a) that the median ratio of students to faculty in MSW programs has grown 36% since 1981 and, for the past five years, has exceeded the Council on Social Work Education’s recommended maximum; (b) that since 1978, the number of full-time tenure-track faculty has declined by nearly 8% despite sharply increased student populations; and (c) that the number of part-time faculty has increased, but not in proportion to the number of students. None of the related fields examined in this study showed a similar combination of enrollment growth and full-time faculty decline.
