Social Work at Indiana Wesleyan University

If you are interested in studying social work, you may want to check out the program at Indiana Wesleyan University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

IWU is located in Marion, Indiana and has a total student population of 3,108. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 28 students received a bachelor's degree in social work from IWU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Social Work section at the bottom of this page.

IWU Social Work Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Social Work (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

IWU Social Work Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the social work progam at IWU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The social work major at IWU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Social Work. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	130
Most Focused Social Work Schools	135
	173
Most Popular Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	264

How Much Do Social Work Graduates from IWU Make?

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at IWU is $31,691. This is less than $31,866, which is the national average of all social work majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Social Work Student Demographics at IWU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the social work majors at Indiana Wesleyan University.

IWU Social Work Bachelor’s Program

Of the 28 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Social Work from IWU in 2020-2021, 4% were men and 96% were women.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social work at IWU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Indiana Wesleyan University with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	22
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

IWU also has a doctoral program available in social work. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Social Work Grads May Go Into

A degree in social work can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IN, the home state for Indiana Wesleyan University.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	7,240	$40,090
Healthcare Social Workers	5,320	$51,710
Substance Abuse Social Workers	2,250	$43,040
Social and Community Service Managers	2,210	$61,180
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	1,780	$48,460

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Manutdglory under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.