Male social workers make up a small portion of the profession's workforce and little is known about the experiences of male students during social work education. The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of male MSW students in the social work learning environment. Using a transcendental phenomenological approach, 22 individual interviews with current cisgender male MSW students were conducted and the transcripts analyzed. Five themes arose from data analysis: standing out, treated differently, typecasting, impacted engagement, and developing new awareness and taking action. Findings suggest that male MSW students have unique experiences in the learning environment that are supported by the notion of social role theory.