Mental & Social Health Services at Baruch College

If you are interested in studying mental and social health services, you may want to check out the program at Baruch College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Baruch is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 19,740.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Mental & Social Health Services section at the bottom of this page.

Baruch Mental & Social Health Services Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Mental Health Services

Baruch Mental & Social Health Services Rankings

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Mental Health Services Student Demographics at Baruch

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the mental health services majors at Baruch College.

Baruch Mental & Social Health Services Master’s Program

Of the 30 students who graduated with a master’s in mental health services from Baruch in 2021, 33% were men and 67% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 18% men graduate in mental health services each year. Baruch does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 15% more men than average.

In the mental health services master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 47% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Baruch College with a master's in mental health services.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	14
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Mental & Social Health Services

If you plan to be a mental health services major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Baruch College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	30

Related Majors

• Health & Medical Administrative Services

Careers That Mental Health Services Grads May Go Into

A degree in mental health services can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Baruch College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Healthcare Social Workers	13,290	$62,280
Substance Abuse Social Workers	11,470	$62,130
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	11,370	$94,140
Clergy	7,320	$57,550
Community Health Workers	6,590	$44,340

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.