Mental & Social Health Services at Reading Area Community College

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

RACC is located in Reading, Pennsylvania and approximately 3,924 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 6 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.

RACC Mental & Social Health Services Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Mental Health Services

RACC Mental & Social Health Services Rankings

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Mental Health Services Student Demographics at RACC

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

RACC Mental & Social Health Services Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of mental health services associate's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in mental health services only graduates about 21% men each year. The program at RACC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 12% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in mental health services at RACC are white. Around 83% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	6

Related Majors

• Allied Health Professions
• Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• 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 PA, the home state for Reading Area Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Substance Abuse Social Workers	7,860	$38,440
Healthcare Social Workers	7,560	$53,770
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	4,440	$83,610
Psychiatric Technicians	2,600	$31,340
Psychiatric Aides	2,460	$35,450

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.