Social Work at Lock Haven University

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

LHU is located in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 3,163. In 2021, 24 social work majors received their bachelor's degree from LHU.

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.

LHU Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

LHU Social Work Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the social work progam at LHU 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 LHU 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 Value Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	132
Most Focused Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	148
Best Social Work Schools	181
	243
Most Focused Social Work Schools	282

How Much Do Social Work Graduates from LHU Make?

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at LHU is $30,449. 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 LHU

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

LHU Social Work Bachelor’s Program

Of the 24 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Social Work from LHU in 2020-2021, 4% were men and 96% were women.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social work at LHU 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 Lock Haven University with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

LHU 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 PA, the home state for Lock Haven University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	20,160	$43,680
Social and Community Service Managers	8,300	$65,620
Substance Abuse Social Workers	7,860	$38,440
Healthcare Social Workers	7,560	$53,770
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	4,150	$55,280

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 Ruhrfisch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.