Mental & Social Health Services at Salish Kootenai College

If you plan to study mental and social health services, take a look at what Salish Kootenai College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SKC is located in Pablo, Montana and approximately 716 students attend the school each year.

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.

SKC Mental & Social Health Services Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Mental Health Services

SKC Mental & Social Health Services Rankings

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Mental Health Services Student Demographics at SKC

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

SKC Mental & Social Health Services Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of mental health services associate's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in mental health services only graduates about 18% men each year. The program at SKC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 22% more women than average.

SKC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in mental health services graduates 39% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

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 Salish Kootenai College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	10

Related Majors

• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Nursing

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 MT, the home state for Salish Kootenai College.

Occupation	Jobs in MT	Average Salary in MT
Psychiatric Aides	940	$29,350
Clergy	710	$49,620
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	580	$63,720
Healthcare Social Workers	570	$49,570
Psychiatric Technicians	450	$27,280

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 Djembayz under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.