Mental & Social Health Services at Pacific Oaks College

If you plan to study mental and social health services, take a look at what Pacific Oaks College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Pacific Oaks College is located in Pasadena, California and approximately 1,238 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 58 students received their master's degree in mental health services.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Mental & Social Health Services section at the bottom of this page.

Pacific Oaks College Mental & Social Health Services Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Mental Health Services

Pacific Oaks College Mental & Social Health Services Rankings

Mental Health Services Student Demographics at Pacific Oaks College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the mental health services majors at Pacific Oaks College.

Pacific Oaks College Mental & Social Health Services Master’s Program

Of the 58 students who earned a master's degree in Mental & Social Health Services from Pacific Oaks College in 2020-2021, 28% were men and 72% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 16% men graduate in mental health services each year. Pacific Oaks College does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 11% more men than average.

In the mental health services master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 76% of degree recipients. That is 37% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Pacific Oaks College with a master's in mental health services.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	31
White	11
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

Careers That Mental Health Services Grads May Go Into

A degree in mental health services can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for Pacific Oaks College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Marriage and Family Therapists	21,920	$51,950
Healthcare Social Workers	18,600	$76,450
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	17,310	$108,350
Substance Abuse Social Workers	14,840	$61,640
Psychiatric Technicians	8,900	$64,500

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 Sparrowman980 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.