Social Work at National Louis University

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

NLU is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 7,402. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 students received a bachelor's degree in social work from NLU.

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.

NLU Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

Online Classes Are Available at NLU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? NLU offers distance education options for social work at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

NLU Social Work Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks social work programs across the country. The following shows how NLU performed in these rankings.

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 NLU 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 Online Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	25
Best Value Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	213
Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	380
	394

Social Work Student Demographics at NLU

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

NLU Social Work Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in social work from NLU. About 24% were men and 76% were women. The typical social work bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at NLU since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 39% 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 National Louis University with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Human Services
• Public Administration
• Other 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 National Louis 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
• Image Credit: By TonyTheTiger under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.