Mental & Social Health Services at University of Pennsylvania

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

UPenn is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 26,552. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 80 students received a bachelor's degree in mental health services from UPenn.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Mental & Social Health Services section at the bottom of this page.

UPenn Mental & Social Health Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mental Health Services
• Master’s Degree in Mental Health Services

UPenn Mental & Social Health Services Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the mental health services progam at UPenn 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 mental health services major at UPenn is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Mental & Social Health 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
	10

In 2021, 16 students received their master’s degree in mental health services from UPenn. This makes it the #220 most popular school for mental health services master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UPenn Mental Health Services Graduates

The median salary of mental health services students who receive their bachelor's degree at UPenn is $39,242. This is 21% higher than $32,530, which is the national average for all mental health services bachelor's degree recipients.

Mental Health Services Student Demographics at UPenn

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the mental health services majors at University of Pennsylvania.

UPenn Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Program

Of the 80 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in mental health services from UPenn in 2021, 21% were men and 79% were women. The typical mental health services bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at UPenn since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% more racial-ethnic minorities in its mental health 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 Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in mental health services.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	33
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UPenn Mental & Social Health Services Master’s Program

Of the 16 students who earned a master's degree in Mental & Social Health Services from UPenn in 2020-2021, 19% were men and 81% were women.

Of the students who received a mental health services master's degree from UPenn, 69% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Pennsylvania with a master's in mental health services.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	11
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Health/Medical Prep Programs
• Medical Illustration & Informatics
• Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences
• Other Health Professions
• Medical Science

Careers That Mental Health Services Grads May Go Into

A degree in mental health 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 PA, the home state for University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Substance Abuse Social Workers	7,860	$38,440
Healthcare Social Workers	7,560	$53,770
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	4,440	$83,610
Psychiatric Technicians	2,600	$31,340
Psychiatric Aides	2,460	$35,450

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 WestCoastivieS under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.