Social Work at Lewis University

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

Lewis is located in Romeoville, Illinois and has a total student population of 6,437. Of the 1,119 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Lewis University in 2021, 19 of them were social work majors.

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.

Lewis Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work
• Master’s Degree in Social Work

Lewis Social Work Rankings

The social work major at Lewis 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.

In 2021, 26 students received their master’s degree in social work from Lewis. This makes it the #248 most popular school for social work master’s degree candidates in the country.

Social Work Student Demographics at Lewis

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

Lewis Social Work Bachelor’s Program

Of the 19 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Social Work from Lewis in 2020-2021, 21% were men and 79% were women. The typical social work bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at Lewis since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% more racial-ethnic minorities in its social work bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Lewis Social Work Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 12% of social work master's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

In the social work master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 54% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Public Administration

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 IL, the home state for Lewis University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	13,910	$56,100
Healthcare Social Workers	5,750	$52,830
Social Workers	4,990	$61,640
Social and Community Service Managers	4,380	$66,150
Substance Abuse Social Workers	3,570	$46,540

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.