General Human Services at Wilmington University

If you are interested in studying general human services, you may want to check out the program at Wilmington University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Wilmington University is located in New Castle, Delaware and has a total student population of 14,769.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Human Services section at the bottom of this page.

Wilmington University General Human Services Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in General Human Services

Online Classes Are Available at Wilmington University

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? Wilmington University offers distance education options for general human services at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Wilmington University General Human Services Rankings

General Human Services Student Demographics at Wilmington University

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

Wilmington University General Human Services Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of general human services master's degrees went to men and 80% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in general human services each year. Wilmington University does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

In the general human services master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 71% of degree recipients. That is 19% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	25
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	11
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Careers That General Human Services Grads May Go Into

A degree in general 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 DE, the home state for Wilmington University.

Occupation	Jobs in DE	Average Salary in DE
Social and Human Service Assistants	840	$33,590
Social and Community Service Managers	710	$69,230
Community and Social Service Specialists	340	$41,680

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 Chris Light under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.