Social Work at Our Lady of the Lake University

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

OLLU is located in San Antonio, Texas and approximately 2,771 students attend the school each year.

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.

OLLU Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work
• Master’s Degree in Social Work

OLLU Social Work Rankings

The social work major at OLLU 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.

Social Work Student Demographics at OLLU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the social work majors at Our Lady of the Lake University.

OLLU Social Work Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 5% of social work bachelor's degrees went to men and 95% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% 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 Our Lady of the Lake University with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	37
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

OLLU Social Work Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 10% of social work master's degrees went to men and 90% went to women.

In the social work master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 65% of degree recipients. That is 22% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Our Lady of the Lake University with a master's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	34
Hispanic or Latino	94
White	53
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	16

Concentrations Within Social Work

Social Work majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Our Lady of the Lake University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Social Work	353

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 TX, the home state for Our Lady of the Lake University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	19,510	$48,920
Healthcare Social Workers	9,830	$59,090
Substance Abuse Social Workers	6,090	$40,470
Social and Community Service Managers	5,370	$72,560
Counselors	2,660	$58,110

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 Zereshk under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.