In 2022, the locations with the highest concentration of Mental & Social Health Services & Allied Professions degree recipients are Minneapolis, MN, Phoenix, AZ, and Lynchburg, VA. The most common degree awarded to students studying Mental & Social Health Services & Allied Professions is a masters degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Mental & Social Health Services & Allied Professions and the types of students that study this field. Grand Canyon University awards the most degrees in Mental & Social Health Services & Allied Professions in the US, but Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School of Addiction Studies and Daybreak University have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Mental & Social Health Services & Allied Professions.
Tuition costs for Mental & Social Health Services & Allied Professions majors are, on average, $7,070 for in-state public colleges, and $33,000 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Mental & Social Health Services & Allied Professions programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (327 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (9,782 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Mental & Social Health Services & Allied Professions, is Public, 4-year or above (9,782 completions in 2022).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Mental & Social Health Services & Allied Professions programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Grand Canyon University has the most Mental & Social Health Services & Allied Professions degree recipients, with 1,814 degrees awarded in 2022.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Mental & Social Health Services & Allied Professions.
Out of all institutions that offer Mental & Social Health Services & Allied Professions programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School of Addiction Studies has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Mental & Social Health Services & Allied Professions, with 100%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Mental & Social Health Services & Allied Professions by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Mental & Social Health Services & Allied Professions.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Health majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Health majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The closest comparable data for the 4 Digit Course Mental & Social Health Services & Allied Professions is from the 2 Digit Course Health.
4.66M
2022 Workforce
± 52,192
3.36%
1 Year Growth
± 1.54%
The number of Health graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.36%, from 4.51M in 2021 to 4.66M in 2022.
The largest single share of Health graduates go on to work as Registered nurses (36.5%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Health by share of the total number of graduates.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Health majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Health majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Health in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Health is 42.6.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Masters Degree. Female employees are more likely to hold Health degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Health (15,936 students).
The closest comparable data for the 4 Digit Course Mental & Social Health Services & Allied Professions is from the 2 Digit Course Health.
42.6
Average Age in 2022
± 0.149 Years
0.529%
1 Year Change
± 0.499%
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Health. The most common ages of employees with this major are 30 and 31 years old, which represent 3.06% and 3% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Mental & Social Health Services & Allied Professions are Masters Degree, Associates Degree, and Bachelors Degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Mental & Social Health Services & Allied Professions.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Mental & Social Health Services & Allied Professions for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Masters Degree recipients in Mental & Social Health Services & Allied Professions.
White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
The closest comparable data for the 4 Digit Course Mental & Social Health Services & Allied Professions is from the 2 Digit Course Health.
Most Common Countries of Origin
Philippines
202,070 degree recipients
India
87,039 degree recipients
Mexico
36,759 degree recipients
High Relative Number of Students
Philippines
5.03 times more than expected
Cameroon
3.6 times more than expected
Nigeria
3.1 times more than expected
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Philippines that hold Health degrees (5.03 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Philippines (202,070 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Mental & Social Health Services & Allied Professions field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Mental & Social Health Services & Allied Professions majors need many skills, but most especially Social Perceptiveness. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Mental & Social Health Services & Allied Professions majors need more than the average amount of Social Perceptiveness, Service Orientation, and Negotiation.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Mental & Social Health Services & Allied Professions majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Social Perceptiveness is very distinctive for majors, but the Social Perceptiveness, Speaking, and Active Listening are the three most important skills for people in the field.