Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician at University of Alaska Anchorage

67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study psychiatric/mental health services technician, take a look at what University of Alaska Anchorage has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UAA is located in Anchorage, Alaska and approximately 11,953 students attend the school each year.

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.

UAA Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician
Bachelor’s Degree in Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician

Online Classes Are Available at UAA

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.

UAA does offer online education options in psychiatric/mental health services technician for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

Associate’s Degree
Bachelor’s Degree

UAA Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician Rankings

The psychiatric/mental health services technician major at UAA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician. 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.

Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician Student Demographics at UAA

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

UAA Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician Associate’s Program

78% Women

67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of psychiatric/mental health services technician associate's degrees went to men and 78% 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 UAA may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 5% more women than average.

UAA 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 16% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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

UAA Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician Bachelor’s Program

83% Women

67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of psychiatric/mental health services technician bachelor's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities in its psychiatric/mental health services technician bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Alaska Anchorage with a bachelor's in psychiatric/mental health services technician.

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

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 AK, the home state for University of Alaska Anchorage.

Occupation	Jobs in AK	Average Salary in AK
Psychiatric Aides	160	$42,550

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
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