by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Marriage and Family Therapy/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 Seattle Pacific 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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Part-time graduates at SPU paid an average of $886 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same 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 | $31,896 | $31,896 |
The median early career salary of mental health services students who receive their master’s degree from SPU is $44,356 per year. That is 12% higher than the national average of $39,734.
SPU 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 SPU Online Learning page.
About 79.3% 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%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 17.2% of the mental health services master’s degrees at SPU in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 39%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 2 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 23 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
Mental & Social Health Services students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling | 29 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to mental and social health services.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Nursing | 1 |
*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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