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Human Services at Western Washington University

Human Services at Western Washington University

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 Western Washington University stacks up to those at other schools.

WWU is located in Bellingham, Washington and has a total student population of 15,197.

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.

WWU Human Services Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Human Services

WWU Human Services Rankings

The human services major at WWU 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.

Human Services Student Demographics at WWU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the human services majors at Western Washington University.

WWU Human Services Bachelor’s Program

89% Women
38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 11% of human services bachelor's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

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About 61% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in human services at WWU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 14
White 57
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 15

Concentrations Within Human Services

Human Services majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Western Washington University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Human Services 106

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 Western Washington University.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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