Social Work at Western Illinois University

If you are interested in studying social work, you may want to check out the program at Western Illinois University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

WIU is located in Macomb, Illinois and has a total student population of 7,490. In 2021, 45 social work majors received their bachelor's degree from WIU.

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.

WIU Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work

WIU Social Work Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the social work progam at WIU 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 WIU 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 Value Social Work Schools	34
Most Focused Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools	269
Most Focused Social Work Schools	451

Earnings of WIU Social Work Graduates

The median salary of social work students who receive their bachelor's degree at WIU is $32,654. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 2% higher than the national average of $31,866 for all social work bachelor's degree recipients.

Social Work Student Demographics at WIU

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

WIU Social Work Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 4% of social work bachelor's degrees went to men and 96% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% 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 Western Illinois University with a bachelor's in social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	16
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

WIU also has a doctoral program available in social work. In 2021, 0 student 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 Western Illinois University.

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 IlliniGradResearch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.