Social Work at University of Illinois at Springfield

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

UIS is located in Springfield, Illinois and approximately 4,146 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 20 social work majors received their bachelor's degree from UIS.

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.

UIS Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

UIS Social Work Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks social work programs across the country. The following shows how UIS 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 UIS 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 Schools	486

How Much Do Social Work Graduates from UIS Make?

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at UIS is $31,182. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,866 for all social work students.

Social Work Student Demographics at UIS

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

UIS Social Work Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 20 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in social work from UIS. About 10% were men and 90% were women.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social work at UIS 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 University of Illinois at Springfield with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Other Public Administration
• Human Services
• 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 University of Illinois at Springfield.

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 Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.