Mental & Social Health Services at Grand Canyon University

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

Grand Canyon University is located in Phoenix, Arizona and approximately 103,427 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.

Grand Canyon University Mental & Social Health Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mental Health Services

Online Classes Are Available at Grand Canyon University

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Grand Canyon University does offer online courses in mental health services for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Grand Canyon University Mental & Social Health Services Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks mental health services programs across the country. The following shows how Grand Canyon University performed in these 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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The mental health services major at Grand Canyon University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Mental & Social Health Services. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Online Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	1
Most Popular Online Mental & Social Health Services Trade Schools	1
Most Popular Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	2
Most Popular Mental & Social Health Services Trade Schools	3
Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	11
Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	15
Best Mental & Social Health Services Trade Schools	21
	23
Most Focused Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	36
	143
Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Schools	197
Most Focused Mental & Social Health Services Trade Schools	211

Earnings of Grand Canyon University Mental Health Services Graduates

The median salary of mental health services students who receive their bachelor's degree at Grand Canyon University is $34,191. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 5% higher than the national average of $32,530 for all mental health services bachelor's degree recipients.

Mental Health Services Student Demographics at Grand Canyon University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the mental health services majors at Grand Canyon University.

Grand Canyon University Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 426 students earned a bachelor's degree in mental health services from Grand Canyon University. About 88% of these graduates were women and the other 12% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its mental health services bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Grand Canyon University with a bachelor's in mental health services.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	63
Hispanic or Latino	100
White	208
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	44

Grand Canyon University also has a doctoral program available in mental health services. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Grand Canyon University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician	317
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	109

Related Majors

• Allied Health Professions
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• 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 AZ, the home state for Grand Canyon University.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
Substance Abuse Social Workers	2,700	$39,390
Psychiatric Technicians	2,580	$34,210
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	2,530	$66,040
Healthcare Social Workers	2,420	$62,920
Marriage and Family Therapists	1,410	$48,390

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.