Social Work at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

What traits are you looking for in a social work school? To help you decide if University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's social work program.

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and approximately 52,679 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 68 students received a bachelor's degree in social work from UIUC.

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.

UIUC Social Work Degrees Available

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

UIUC Social Work Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks social work programs across the country. The following shows how UIUC 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 UIUC 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 Popular Social Work Doctor’s Degree Schools	48
	181

In 2021, 155 students received their master’s degree in social work from UIUC. This makes it the #58 most popular school for social work master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in social work, making the school the #48 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Social Work Graduates from UIUC Make?

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at UIUC is $34,974. This is 10% higher than $31,866, which is the national average for all social work bachelor's degree recipients.

Social Work Student Demographics at UIUC

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

UIUC Social Work Bachelor’s Program

Of the 68 social work students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UIUC, about 18% were men and 82% were women. The typical social work bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at UIUC since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	32
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UIUC Social Work Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 9% of social work master's degrees went to men and 91% went to women.

Of the students who received a social work master's degree from UIUC, 58% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a master's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	25
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	90
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

UIUC also has a doctoral program available in social work. In 2021, 3 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Community Organization & Advocacy

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 Urbana-Champaign.

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.