The main focus area for this major is Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling. 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 Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the associate degree program in mental health services, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College paid an average of $310 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $155 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $3,100 | $6,200 |
Fees | $650 | $650 |
Books and Supplies | $960 | $960 |
On Campus Room and Board | $5,100 | $5,100 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,040 | $3,040 |
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You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Students who received their associate degree at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in Mental Health Services walked away with an average of $14,509 in student debt. That is 23% lower than the national average of $18,865.
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The median early career salary of mental health services students who receive their associate degree from Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is $15,817 per year. That is 42% lower than the national average of $27,160.
Online degrees for the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College mental health services associate degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Online Learning page.
Women made up around 82.4% of the mental health services students who took home an associate degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 80.3%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 29.4% of the mental health services associate degrees at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 48%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 3 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 12 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Mental & Social Health Services students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling | 17 |
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*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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