Mental & Social Health Services at John Tyler Community College

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

John Tyler Community College is located in Chester, Virginia and approximately 9,440 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 32 students received their associate's degree in mental health services.

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.

John Tyler Community College Mental & Social Health Services Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Mental Health Services (Less Than 1 Year)
• Associate’s Degree in Mental Health Services

John Tyler Community College Mental & Social Health Services Rankings

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Mental Health Services Student Demographics at John Tyler Community College

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

John Tyler Community College Mental & Social Health Services Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 9% of mental health services associate's degrees went to men and 91% went to women.

John Tyler Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in mental health services graduates 22% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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 John Tyler Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions	40

Related Majors

• Somatic Bodywork & Therapeutic Services
• Allied Health Professions
• Health Sciences & 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 VA, the home state for John Tyler Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Substance Abuse Social Workers	4,720	$51,660
Healthcare Social Workers	3,720	$57,510
Psychiatric Technicians	2,860	$30,650
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	2,680	$80,380
Clergy	1,360	$43,640

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.