Human Services at University of Nevada - Las Vegas

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 University of Nevada - Las Vegas stacks up to those at other schools.

UNLV is located in Las Vegas, Nevada and has a total student population of 31,142. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 48 students received a bachelor's degree in human services from UNLV.

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.

UNLV Human Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Services

UNLV Human Services Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The human services major at UNLV 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
	29

Earnings of UNLV Human Services Graduates

The median salary of human services students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNLV is $37,830. This is 15% higher than $32,912, which is the national average for all human services bachelor's degree recipients.

Human Services Student Demographics at UNLV

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the human services majors at University of Nevada - Las Vegas.

UNLV Human Services Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 48 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in human services from UNLV. About 13% were men and 88% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% 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 University of Nevada - Las Vegas with a bachelor's in human services.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	11
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Public Policy
• Public Administration
• 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 NV, the home state for University of Nevada - Las Vegas.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
Social and Human Service Assistants	2,090	$36,850
Social and Community Service Managers	790	$75,840
Community and Social Service Specialists	480	$43,310

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 Stan Shebs under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.