Mental & Social Health Services at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

If you plan to study mental and social health services, take a look at what Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

TTUHSC is located in Lubbock, Texas and has a total student population of 5,274.

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.

TTUHSC Mental & Social Health Services Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Mental Health Services

Online Classes Are Available at TTUHSC

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? TTUHSC offers distance education options for mental health services at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

TTUHSC Mental & Social Health Services Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Mental Health Services Student Demographics at TTUHSC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the mental health services majors at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.

TTUHSC Mental & Social Health Services Master’s Program

The mental health services program at TTUHSC awarded 26 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 15% of these degrees went to men with the other 85% going to women.

In the mental health services master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 58% of degree recipients. That is 17% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center with a master's in mental health services.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Mental & Social Health Services

Mental & Social Health Services majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	20
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	6

Related Majors

• Medical Illustration & Informatics
• Bioethics/Medical Ethics
• Public Health
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Allied Health Professions

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 TX, the home state for Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Healthcare Social Workers	9,830	$59,090
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	6,680	$73,650
Substance Abuse Social Workers	6,090	$40,470
Psychiatric Aides	5,330	$27,840
Psychiatric Technicians	4,130	$32,500

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 Krista Mericle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.