by our College Data Analytics TeamMental & Social Health Services is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Nyack College. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in mental health services, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at Nyack was $720 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $13,300 | $13,300 |
| Fees | $500 | $500 |
mental health services who receive their master’s degree from Nyack make an average of $45,175 a year during the early days of their career. That is 14% higher than the national average of $39,734.
Looking for online learning options? Good news, you can take online classes in the mental health services master’s degree program at Nyack. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Nyack Online Learning page.
Women made up around 82.7% of the mental health services students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 83.0%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 81.5% of the mental health services master’s degrees at Nyack in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 39%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 21 |
| Black or African American | 21 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 21 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 11 |
| International Students | 3 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 4 |
Mental & Social Health Services students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Clinical/Medical Social Work | 24 |
| Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling | 19 |
| Mental Health Counseling/Counselor | 38 |
*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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