Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician at Cuesta College

What traits are you looking for in a psychiatric/mental health services technician school? To help you decide if Cuesta College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's psychiatric/mental health services technician program.

Cuesta College is located in San Luis Obispo, California and has a total student population of 10,093.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician section at the bottom of this page.

Cuesta College Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician Degrees Available

Undergrad Certificate in Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician (1 - 4 Years)
Associate’s Degree in Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician

Cuesta College Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician Rankings

Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician Student Demographics at Cuesta College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychiatric/mental health services technician majors at Cuesta College.

Cuesta College Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician Associate’s Program

75% Women

63% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of psychiatric/mental health services technician associate's degrees went to men and 75% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in psychiatric/mental health services technician only graduates about 17% men each year. The program at Cuesta College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 8% more women than average.

Cuesta College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in psychiatric/mental health services technician graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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

Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling

Careers That Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychiatric/mental health services technician 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 Cuesta College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Psychiatric Technicians	8,900	$64,500
Psychiatric Aides	1,910	$32,660

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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