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    Lancaster University

    Social Work

    BA (Hons), 3 years

    Typical offer rate

    90–100%

    high entry

    Grad employment

    95%

    15 months after

    In professional roles

    85%

    Median grad salary

    £34,000

    15 months after

    Lancaster's Social Work BA is approved by Social Work England and qualifies graduates for registration as social workers, developing knowledge of law, policy and social theory alongside the practice skills acquired through assessed placements in statutory and voluntary settings. Most applicants who meet the grades receive an offer.

    How hard is it to get in?

    The typical applicant to Social Work at Lancaster University has a 90–100% chance of an offer, high by UK standards. That baseline is course-typical. Your own chance depends on your grades, subjects and the rest of your profile.

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    About Lancaster University

    Lancaster is a collegiate campus university in the north-west, consistently placed near the top of the national league tables, with students organised into colleges in the Oxbridge manner.

    Full details and how to apply are on the university's official course page: Lancaster University · Social Work

    Offer rate and graduate-outcome figures are course-typical baselines derived from UK admissions and HESA data; they are estimates, not guarantees. Your personalised offer likelihood is calculated in the Unimetrica app.