Mental & Social Health Services at Central Texas College

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

Central Texas College is located in Killeen, Texas and approximately 10,173 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.

Central Texas College Mental & Social Health Services Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Mental Health Services (Less Than 1 Year)
• Undergrad Certificate in Mental Health Services (1 - 4 Years)
• Associate’s Degree in Mental Health Services

Online Classes Are Available at Central Texas College

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Central Texas College offers distance education options for mental health services at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree

Central Texas College Mental & Social Health Services 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.

Mental Health Services Student Demographics at Central Texas College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the mental health services majors at Central Texas College.

Central Texas College Mental & Social Health Services Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 5% of mental health services associate's degrees went to men and 95% went to women.

Central Texas College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in mental health services graduates 28% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Allied Health Professions
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Nursing

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 TX, the home state for Central Texas College.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Healthcare Social Workers	9,830	$59,090
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	6,680	$73,650
Substance Abuse Social Workers	6,090	$40,470
Psychiatric Aides	5,330	$27,840
Psychiatric Technicians	4,130	$32,500

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.