A program that prepares individuals for the professional practice of social welfare administration and counseling, and that focus on the study of organized means of providing basic support services for vulnerable individuals and groups. Includes instruction in social welfare policy; case work planning; social counseling and intervention strategies; administrative procedures and regulations; and specific applications in areas such as child welfare and family services, probation, employment services, and disability counseling.
| A major in Social Work is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided. |
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Top 20
Illinois
Colleges with the
highest percentage
of
Social Work among the 2007-2008
graduating class.
| | Saint Augustine College
Chicago, IL | 17
(100.0%) |  |  | |
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| | Governors State University
University Park, IL | 86
(9.8%) | | - | |
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| | Aurora University
Aurora, IL | 35
(7.0%) |  |  | |
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| | MacMurray College
Jacksonville, IL | 8
(6.3%) |  | | |
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| | University of Illinois at Springfield
Springfield, IL | 34
(5.0%) |  | | |
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| | Olivet Nazarene University
Bourbonnais, IL | 30
(4.8%) | | | |
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| | Lewis University
Romeoville, IL | 31
(3.6%) | | | |
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| | University of St Francis
Joliet, IL | 24
(3.0%) | | | |
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| | Northeastern Illinois University
Chicago, IL | 41
(2.7%) | | | |
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| | Concordia University
River Forest, IL | 5
(2.6%) | | | |
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.