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Clinical/Medical Social Work at New Mexico Highlands University

Clinical/Medical Social Work at New Mexico Highlands University

What traits are you looking for in a clinical/medical social work school? To help you decide if New Mexico Highlands University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's clinical/medical social work program.

New Mexico Highlands University is located in Las Vegas, New Mexico and approximately 2,777 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Clinical/Medical Social Work section at the bottom of this page.

New Mexico Highlands University Clinical/Medical Social Work Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Clinical/Medical Social Work

New Mexico Highlands University Clinical/Medical Social Work Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the clinical/medical social work progam at New Mexico Highlands University compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 clinical/medical social work major at New Mexico Highlands University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Clinical/Medical Social Work. 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.

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Best Value Clinical/Medical Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Schools 3
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Best Value Clinical/Medical Social Work Schools 11

Clinical/Medical Social Work Student Demographics at New Mexico Highlands University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the clinical/medical social work majors at New Mexico Highlands University.

New Mexico Highlands University Clinical/Medical Social Work Bachelor’s Program

89% Women
81% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The clinical/medical social work program at New Mexico Highlands University awarded 81 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 11% of these degrees went to men with the other 89% going to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 34% more racial-ethnic minorities in its clinical/medical social work bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New Mexico Highlands University with a bachelor's in clinical/medical social work.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 51
White 15
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 14

New Mexico Highlands University also has a doctoral program available in clinical/medical social work. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Clinical/Medical Social Work Grads May Go Into

A degree in clinical/medical social work can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NM, the home state for New Mexico Highlands University.

Occupation Jobs in NM Average Salary in NM
Healthcare Social Workers 1,190 $55,490
Substance Abuse Social Workers 510 $45,260

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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