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School of Social Welfare

2006-2007 Profile

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BSW Program

  • Applied: 141
  • Admitted: 109
  • Enrolled: 176

MSW Program

  • Applied: 314
  • Admitted: 162
  • Enrolled: 301

PhD Program

  • Applied: 13
  • Admitted: 10
  • Enrolled: 38

Demographic Break Down

  • Minorities: 20%
  • Women: 90%

Start Options

  • Spring, Summer, and Fall - BSW
  • Summer and Fall - MSW
  • Fall - PhD

Faculty

  • Faculty/student ratio: 1/18
  • Full-time teaching faculty: 29
  • Minorities: 14%
  • Women: 65%
  • Part-time/adjunct faculty: 30

Tuition and Fees

Kansas Residents  - $183.75 per credit for undergraduate and $227.05 per credit for graduate
Non-Residents - $482.75 per credit for undergraduate and $542.50 per credit for graduate

Lawrence Required Campus Fees - $53.33 per credit for enrollments of 5 or less hours, and for credits in excess of 5 up to 6 hours.
For enrollments of 6 or more hours a flat rate of $320.00 will be assessed

Edwards Required Campus Fees - $15 per credit construction fee, $32.50 per credit differential tuition, $6.00 per credit student union fee, $32.65/43.25 (undergrad/graduate courses) per credit service fees.

 

Sample of Field Education Agencies

This is just a small sample of Agencies we work with. Please Visit the Field Education site for more information.

  • Administration for Children and Families - Kansas City
  • Child Abuse Prevention Association - Kansas City
  • Derrick Thomas Academy - Kansas City
  • Head Start - Kansas City
  • Kansas City Free Health Clinic - Kansas City
  • Kansas City Hospice - Kansas City
  • Women's Employment Network - Kansas City
  • Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center - Lawrence
  • KVC A BehavioralHealth Care - Lawrence, Kansas City, Manhattan
  • Salvation Army - Lawrence
  • Van Go Mobile Arts, Inc. - Lawrence
  • SRS - Lawrence, Kansas City, Topeka, Olathe
  • Lawrence Public Schools - Lawrence
  • Kansas Department of Corrections - Topeka
  • Kansas Statewide Farmworkers - Topeka
  • Topeka Schools - Topeka
  • VA Medical Centers - Topeka, Wichita, Leavenworth, Kansas City
  • Florence Crittenton - Topeka
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters - Leavenworth
  • American Stroke Foundation - Mission
  • Child Abuse Prevention - Independence, MO
  • Pawnee Mental Health - Manhattan
  • Safehome, Inc. - Overland Park
  • TLC for Children and Families - Olathe
  • Shawnee Mission Medical Center - Shawnee Mission
  • The Whole Person - Prairie Village
  • Prairie View Mental Health Center -- Newton
  • Crittenton Behavioral Health -- Kansas City

     

 

 

Undgraduate Schools Represented for MSW Students

  • University of Kansas
  • Pittsburg State University
  • Wichita State University
  • University Missouri Kansas City
  • Northwest Missouri State University
  • University Iowa
  • Ottawa University
  • Park University
  • Univ Missouri Columbia
  • Truman State University
  • University South Dakota Vermillion
  • University Texas Austin
  • William Woods University

     

Recent Faculty Awards

  • 2006 Budig Award - Ed Scanlon
  • 2006 Budig Award - Margaret Severson
  • 2007 Stantland - Alice Lieberman
  • Kansas Delegate to The White House Conference on Aging - Rosemary Chapin
  • 2005 Kemper Award - Ed Scanlon
  • Best BSW Faculty Project Award in Influencing State Policy National Contest - Lori Messinger
  • State Advisory Board for the Aging & Disability Resource Project - Rosemary Chapin