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 Lamar 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 Lamar University paid an average of $764 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $355 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $6,397 | $13,759 |
| Fees | $1,940 | $1,940 |
mental health services who receive their master’s degree from Lamar University make an average of $43,798 a year during the early days of their career. That is 10% higher than the national average of $39,734.
If you’re interested in online learning, you’re in luck. Lamar University does offer online classes in its mental health services master’s degree program. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Lamar University Online Learning page.
Women made up around 81.1% of the mental health services students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 83.0%.
Around 54.9% of mental health services master’s degree recipients at Lamar University in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 39%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 4 |
| Black or African American | 34 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 20 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
| White | 51 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 12 |
Mental & Social Health Services students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Mental Health Counseling/Counselor | 122 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to mental and social health services.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Communication Sciences | 35 |
| Public Health | 21 |
| Bioethics/Medical Ethics | 13 |
| Nursing | 14 |
*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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