Social Work at University of Southern Indiana

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

USI is located in Evansville, Indiana and approximately 10,203 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,629 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Southern Indiana in 2021, 59 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.

USI Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

USI Social Work Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the social work progam at USI compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The social work major at USI 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
Best Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	146
	185
Most Popular Social Work Schools	275

Earnings of USI Social Work Graduates

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at USI is $31,577. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $31,866 for all social work students.

Social Work Student Demographics at USI

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

USI Social Work Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 59 social work majors earned their bachelor's degree from USI. Of these graduates, 8% were men and 92% were women.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in social work at USI 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 Southern Indiana with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	46
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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

Related Majors

• 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 IN, the home state for University of Southern Indiana.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	7,240	$40,090
Healthcare Social Workers	5,320	$51,710
Substance Abuse Social Workers	2,250	$43,040
Social and Community Service Managers	2,210	$61,180
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	1,780	$48,460

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 AJ Eaton under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.