Human Services at American River College

What traits are you looking for in a human services school? To help you decide if American River College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's human services program.

American River is located in Sacramento, California and approximately 25,422 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Human Services section at the bottom of this page.

American River Human Services Degrees Available

Undergrad Certificate in Human Services (1 - 4 Years)
Associate’s Degree in Human Services

American River Human Services Rankings

Human Services Student Demographics at American River

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the human services majors at American River College.

American River Human Services Associate’s Program

89% Women

32% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 11% of human services associate's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in human services at American River are white. Around 63% 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 American River College with a associate's in human services.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Human Services

If you plan to be a human 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 American River College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Human Services	14

Careers That Human Services Grads May Go Into

A degree in human 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 CA, the home state for American River College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Social and Human Service Assistants	50,600	$43,330
Community and Social Service Specialists	13,290	$49,830

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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