Social Work at Nebraska Wesleyan University

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

NWU is located in Lincoln, Nebraska and has a total student population of 1,924. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 26 students received a bachelor's degree in social work from NWU.

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.

NWU Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

NWU Social Work Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The social work major at NWU 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 Schools	12
	36
	36
Most Focused Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	67
Best Value Social Work Schools	246

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in social work from NWU. This is the #304 most popular school for social work master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of NWU Social Work Graduates

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at NWU is $36,757. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 15% higher than the national average of $31,866 for all social work bachelor's degree recipients.

Social Work Student Demographics at NWU

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

NWU Social Work Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 26 social work majors earned their bachelor's degree from NWU. Of these graduates, 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social work at NWU 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 Nebraska Wesleyan University with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

NWU 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 NE, the home state for Nebraska Wesleyan University.

Occupation	Jobs in NE	Average Salary in NE
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	2,770	$41,560
Healthcare Social Workers	990	$48,230
Social and Community Service Managers	730	$65,270
Substance Abuse Social Workers	500	$41,320
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	420	$45,810

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.