Mental & Social Health Services at University of the West

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

UWest is located in Rosemead, California and approximately 238 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.

UWest Mental & Social Health Services Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Mental Health Services

UWest Mental & Social Health Services Rankings

Mental Health Services Student Demographics at UWest

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the mental health services majors at University of the West.

UWest Mental & Social Health Services Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of mental health services master's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

In the mental health services master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 57% of degree recipients. That is 16% better than the national average.*

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

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

Concentrations Within Mental & Social Health Services

If you plan to be a mental health services major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of the West. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling	1

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 University of the West.

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 Danmichaelo under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.