Social Work at Northwestern College

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

NWC is located in Orange City, Iowa and approximately 1,496 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students received a bachelor's degree in social work from NWC.

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.

NWC Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

NWC Social Work Rankings

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

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 NWC 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 Focused Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	233
Most Focused Social Work Schools	411
Most Popular Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	489
Most Popular Social Work Schools	617

Social Work Student Demographics at NWC

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

NWC Social Work Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students earned a bachelor's degree in social work from NWC. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social work at NWC 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 Northwestern College with a bachelor's in social work.

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

NWC 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 IA, the home state for Northwestern College.

Occupation	Jobs in IA	Average Salary in IA
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	2,930	$44,720
Social and Community Service Managers	2,310	$58,410
Healthcare Social Workers	1,340	$51,360
Substance Abuse Social Workers	870	$47,580
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	740	$70,360

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 Lawrence Albert Johnston under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.