Social Work at Oglala Lakota College

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

Oglala Lakota College is located in Kyle, South Dakota and approximately 1,251 students attend the school each year. Of the 62 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Oglala Lakota College in 2021, 13 of them were social work majors.

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.

Oglala Lakota College Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

Oglala Lakota College Social Work Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the social work progam at Oglala Lakota College 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 Oglala Lakota College 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	27
Most Focused Social Work Schools	79
Most Popular Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	424
Most Popular Social Work Schools	551

Social Work Student Demographics at Oglala Lakota College

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

Oglala Lakota College Social Work Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of social work bachelor's degrees went to men and 85% went to women. The typical social work bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at Oglala Lakota College since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 47% 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 Oglala Lakota 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	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

Oglala Lakota College 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 SD, the home state for Oglala Lakota College.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	1,750	$40,030
Healthcare Social Workers	550	$43,350
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	380	$46,490
Substance Abuse Social Workers	310	$40,330
Social and Community Service Managers	240	$71,630

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.