Mental Health Counseling
Add ComparisonIn 2022, the locations with the highest concentration of Mental Health Counseling degree recipients are Minneapolis, MN, Phoenix, AZ, and New York, NY. The most common degree awarded to students studying Mental Health Counseling is a masters degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Mental Health Counseling and the types of students that study this field. Grand Canyon University awards the most degrees in Mental Health Counseling in the US, but Adler Graduate School (374024) and Divine Mercy University (445869) have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Mental Health Counseling.
Tuition costs for Mental Health Counseling majors are, on average, $7,070 for in-state public colleges, and $33,670 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Mental Health Counseling programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (164 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (3,983 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Mental Health Counseling, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (3,983 completions in 2022).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Mental Health Counseling programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Grand Canyon University has the most Mental Health Counseling degree recipients, with 719 degrees awarded in 2022.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Mental Health Counseling.
Out of all institutions that offer Mental Health Counseling programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Adler Graduate School (374024) has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Mental Health Counseling, with 71.6%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Mental Health Counseling by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Mental Health Counseling.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Health in the United States.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Mental Health Counseling are Masters Degree, Post-Masters Certificate, and Postbaccalaureate Certificate.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Health are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Mental Health Counseling.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Mental Health Counseling for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Masters Degree recipients in Mental Health Counseling.
White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Philippines that hold Health degrees (5.03 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Philippines (202,070 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Mental Health Counseling field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Mental Health Counseling majors need many skills, but most especially Social Perceptiveness. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Mental Health Counseling majors need more than the average amount of Social Perceptiveness, Service Orientation, and Persuasion.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Mental Health Counseling majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Social Perceptiveness is very distinctive for majors, but the Social Perceptiveness, Active Listening, and Reading Comprehension are the three most important skills for people in the field.
