by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Mental Health Counseling/Counselor. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Mental & Social Health Services is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Fitchburg State University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in mental health services, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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Part-time graduates at Fitchburg State paid an average of $334 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $3,420 | $3,420 |
| Fees | $2,592 | $2,592 |
mental health services who receive their master’s degree from Fitchburg State make an average of $46,478 a year during the early days of their career. That is 17% higher than the national average of $39,734.
Fitchburg State does not offer an online option for its mental health services master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Fitchburg State Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their master’s degree in mental health services in 2019-2020, 57.1% of them were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 83.0%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 14.3% of the mental health services master’s degrees at Fitchburg State in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 39%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 6 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Mental & Social Health Services students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Mental Health Counseling/Counselor | 7 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to mental and social health services.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Nursing | 5 |
*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.
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