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Mental Health Counseling/Counselor at University of the Southwest

Mental Health Counseling/Counselor at University of the Southwest

What traits are you looking for in a mental health counseling/counselor school? To help you decide if University of the Southwest is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's mental health counseling/counselor program.

USW is located in Hobbs, New Mexico and has a total student population of 904.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Mental Health Counseling/Counselor section at the bottom of this page.

USW Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling/Counselor

Online Classes Are Available at USW

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? USW offers distance education options for mental health counseling/counselor at the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

USW Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Rankings

Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Student Demographics at USW

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the mental health counseling/counselor majors at University of the Southwest.

USW Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master’s Program

100% Women
38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of mental health counseling/counselor master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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Of the students who received a mental health counseling/counselor master's degree from USW, 63% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the mental health counseling/counselor master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of the Southwest with a master's in mental health counseling/counselor.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 5
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Grads May Go Into

A degree in mental health counseling/counselor can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NM, the home state for University of the Southwest.

Occupation Jobs in NM Average Salary in NM

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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