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 Northern Kentucky 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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Out-of-state part-time graduates at NKU paid an average of $943 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $613 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $11,034 | $16,974 |
| Fees | $384 | $384 |
The median early career salary of mental health services students who receive their master’s degree from NKU is $41,193 per year. That is 4% higher than the national average of $39,734.
Online degrees for the NKU mental health services master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the NKU Online Learning page.
About 75.0% of the students who received their Master’s in mental health services in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 83.0%.
Of those students who received a master’s degree at NKU in mental health services at 2019-2020, none were racial-ethnic minorities*.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 8 |
| 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 | 8 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to mental and social health services.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Health Sciences & Services | 15 |
| Medical Illustration & Informatics | 14 |
| Nursing | 108 |
*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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