Human Services at East Tennessee State University

If you are interested in studying human services, you may want to check out the program at East Tennessee State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

ETSU is located in Johnson City, Tennessee and approximately 13,713 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,676 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from East Tennessee State University in 2021, 64 of them were human services majors.

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.

ETSU Human Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Services
• Master’s Degree in Human Services

ETSU Human Services Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks human services programs across the country. The following shows how ETSU performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The human services major at ETSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Human Services. 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Human Services Master’s Degree Schools	16
Most Popular Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	27
Most Focused Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	77
Best Human Services Schools	146

In 2021, 15 students received their master’s degree in human services from ETSU. This makes it the #16 most popular school for human services master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of ETSU Human Services Graduates

The median salary of human services students who receive their bachelor's degree at ETSU is $25,569. This is less than $32,912, which is the national average of all human services majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Human Services Student Demographics at ETSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the human services majors at East Tennessee State University.

ETSU Human Services Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 64 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in human services from ETSU. About 9% were men and 91% were women.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in human services at ETSU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from East Tennessee State University with a bachelor's in human services.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	52
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

ETSU Human Services Master’s Program

The human services program at ETSU awarded 15 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 20% of these degrees went to men with the other 80% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in human services each year. ETSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

Of the students who received a human services master's degree from ETSU, 87% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from East Tennessee State University with a master's in human services.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

ETSU also has a doctoral program available in human services. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Social Work

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 TN, the home state for East Tennessee State University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Social and Human Service Assistants	2,760	$32,920
Social and Community Service Managers	2,430	$68,450
Community and Social Service Specialists	1,360	$39,090

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
• Image Credit: By Boboskaditdatin under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.