Clinical/Medical Social Work at New Mexico Highlands University

If you are interested in studying clinical/medical social work, you may want to check out the program at New Mexico Highlands University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

New Mexico Highlands University is located in Las Vegas, New Mexico and has a total student population of 2,777.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Clinical/Medical Social Work section at the bottom of this page.

New Mexico Highlands University Clinical/Medical Social Work Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Clinical/Medical Social Work
• Master’s Degree in Clinical/Medical Social Work

New Mexico Highlands University Clinical/Medical Social Work Rankings

The clinical/medical social work major at New Mexico Highlands University is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Clinical/Medical Social Work. 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.

Clinical/Medical Social Work Student Demographics at New Mexico Highlands University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the clinical/medical social work majors at New Mexico Highlands University.

New Mexico Highlands University Clinical/Medical Social Work Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 16% of clinical/medical social work bachelor's degrees went to men and 84% went to women. The typical clinical/medical social work bachelor's degree program is made up of only 12% men. So male students are more repesented at New Mexico Highlands University since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% more racial-ethnic minorities in its clinical/medical social work bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New Mexico Highlands University with a bachelor's in clinical/medical social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	35
White	14
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

New Mexico Highlands University Clinical/Medical Social Work Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of clinical/medical social work master's degrees went to men and 86% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 12% men graduate in clinical/medical social work each year. New Mexico Highlands University does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

In the clinical/medical social work master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 69% of degree recipients. That is 24% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New Mexico Highlands University with a master's in clinical/medical social work.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	73
White	36
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	23

Related Majors

• Mental Health Counseling/Counselor

Careers That Clinical/Medical Social Work Grads May Go Into

A degree in clinical/medical social work can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NM, the home state for New Mexico Highlands University.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Healthcare Social Workers	1,190	$55,490
Substance Abuse Social Workers	510	$45,260

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.