Social Work at Lincoln Memorial University

If you plan to study social work, take a look at what Lincoln Memorial University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

LMU is located in Harrogate, Tennessee and approximately 4,885 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 5 social work majors received their bachelor's degree from LMU.

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.

LMU Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

LMU Social Work Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The social work major at LMU 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
Most Popular Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	548
Most Focused Social Work Schools	744

Social Work Student Demographics at LMU

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

LMU Social Work Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Social Work from LMU in 2020-2021, 40% were men and 60% were women. The typical social work bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at LMU since its program graduates 28% more men than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social work at LMU 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 Lincoln Memorial University with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

LMU 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 TN, the home state for Lincoln Memorial University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	5,590	$41,830
Healthcare Social Workers	3,260	$50,700
Social and Community Service Managers	2,430	$68,450
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	1,980	$41,930
Substance Abuse Social Workers	1,660	$38,180

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 Dwight Burdette under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.