Mental & Social Health Services at The University of Texas at El Paso

If you are interested in studying mental & social health services, you may want to check out the program at The University of Texas at El Paso. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UTEP is located in El Paso, Texas and approximately 24,879 students attend the school each year.

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.

UTEP Mental & Social Health Services Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Mental Health Services

UTEP Mental & Social Health Services Rankings

Mental Health Services Student Demographics at UTEP

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the mental health services majors at The University of Texas at El Paso.

UTEP Mental & Social Health Services Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 21% of mental health services master's degrees went to men and 79% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 18% men graduate in mental health services each year. UTEP does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

In the mental health services master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 88% of degree recipients. That is 47% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at El Paso with a master's in mental health services.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	29
White	2
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Mental & Social Health Services

The following mental health services concentations are available at The University of Texas at El Paso. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The University of Texas at El Paso. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	20

Related Majors

• Health Sciences & Services
• Public Health
• Communication Sciences
• Bioethics/Medical Ethics
• Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences

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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at El Paso.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Healthcare Social Workers	9,830	$59,090
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	6,680	$73,650
Substance Abuse Social Workers	6,090	$40,470
Psychiatric Aides	5,330	$27,840
Psychiatric Technicians	4,130	$32,500

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 Adrian Garcia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.