Human Services at Northwest Indian College

Every human services school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the human services program at Northwest Indian College stacks up to those at other schools.

Northwest Indian College is located in Bellingham, Washington and has a total student population of 555. In 2021, 7 human services majors received their bachelor's degree from Northwest Indian 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.

Northwest Indian College Human Services Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Human Services (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Services

Online Classes Are Available at Northwest Indian 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? Northwest Indian College offers distance education options for human services at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Northwest Indian College Human Services Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the human services progam at Northwest Indian 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 Northwest Indian 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 Basic Certificate Schools	1
Most Popular Online Human Services Basic Certificate Schools	4
Most Focused Human Services Schools	9
Most Popular Human Services Basic Certificate Schools	17
Most Focused Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	20
Most Popular Online Human Services Schools	32
Most Popular Online Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	39
Most Popular Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	110
Most Popular Human Services Schools	133

Human Services Student Demographics at Northwest Indian College

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

Northwest Indian College Human Services Bachelor’s Program

The human services program at Northwest Indian College awarded 7 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 29% of these degrees went to men with the other 71% going to women. The typical human services bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at Northwest Indian College since its program graduates 16% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% more racial-ethnic minorities in its human services bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northwest Indian College with a bachelor's in human services.

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

Northwest Indian 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 WA, the home state for Northwest Indian College.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Social and Human Service Assistants	8,090	$40,200
Community and Social Service Specialists	1,870	$43,420

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.