by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Clinical/Medical Social Work. 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 Florida Atlantic University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in mental health services, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time graduates at FAU paid an average of $1,027 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $372 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $5,467 | $16,695 |
| Fees | $1,226 | $1,787 |
mental health services who receive their master’s degree from FAU make an average of $42,293 a year during the early days of their career. That is 6% higher than the national average of $39,734.
FAU 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 FAU Online Learning page.
About 83.8% of the students who received their Master’s in mental health services in 2019-2020 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 83.0%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 55.4% of the mental health services master’s degrees at FAU in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 39%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 4 |
| Black or African American | 29 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 31 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 56 |
| International Students | 2 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 7 |
Mental & Social Health Services students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Clinical/Medical Social Work | 130 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to mental and social health services.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Communication Sciences | 20 |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 108 |
| Public Health | 4 |
| Nursing | 129 |
*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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