Human Services at Lees - McRae College

If you plan to study human services, take a look at what Lees - McRae College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Lees - McRae College is located in Banner Elk, North Carolina and approximately 838 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 students received a bachelor's degree in human services from Lees - McRae College.

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.

Lees - McRae College Human Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Services

Online Classes Are Available at Lees - McRae 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.

Lees - McRae College does offer online education options in human services for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Lees - McRae College Human Services Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the human services progam at Lees - McRae College compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The human services major at Lees - McRae College 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 Focused Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	11
Most Popular Online Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	19
Most Focused Human Services Schools	20
Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	41
Most Popular Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	56
Best Value Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	60
Best Human Services Schools	62
	85
Best Value Human Services Schools	115
Most Popular Human Services Schools	129
	139

Earnings of Lees - McRae College Human Services Graduates

The median salary of human services students who receive their bachelor's degree at Lees - McRae College is $27,980. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,912 for all human services students.

Human Services Student Demographics at Lees - McRae College

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

Lees - McRae College Human Services Bachelor’s Program

Of the 25 human services students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Lees - McRae College, about 20% were men and 80% were women. The typical human services bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at Lees - McRae College since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in human services at Lees - McRae College 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 Lees - McRae College with a bachelor's in human services.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

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 NC, the home state for Lees - McRae College.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Social and Human Service Assistants	7,930	$30,840
Community and Social Service Specialists	2,840	$42,010
Social and Community Service Managers	2,540	$69,640

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 Connormg under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.