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Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician Major

Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician

478 Bachelor's Degrees Annually
#368 in Popularity

Types of Degrees Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician Majors Are Getting

The following table lists how many psychiatric/mental health services technician graduations there were for each degree level during the last year for which data was available.

Education Level Number of Grads
Associate Degree 1,081
Undergraduate Certificate 687
Bachelor’s Degree 614
Basic Certificate 256
Doctor’s Degree 8
Graduate Certificate 2

What Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician Majors Need to Know

O*NET surveyed people in occupations related to psychiatric/mental health services technician and asked them what knowledge areas, skills, and abilities were important for their jobs. The responses were rated on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being most important.

Knowledge Areas for Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician Majors

Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician majors often go into careers in which the following knowledge areas are important:

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  • Psychology - Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
  • Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
  • Therapy and Counseling - Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.
  • English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
  • Public Safety and Security - Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.

Skills for Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician Majors

psychiatric/mental health services technician majors are found most commonly in careers in which the following skills are important:

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  • Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others’ reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
  • Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
  • Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
  • Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
  • Service Orientation - Actively looking for ways to help people.

Abilities for Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician Majors

A major in psychiatric/mental health services technician will prepare for your careers in which the following abilities are important:

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  • Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
  • Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
  • Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
  • Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
  • Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.

What Can You Do With a Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician Major?

Below is a list of occupations associated with psychiatric/mental health services technician:

Job Title Job Growth Rate Median Salary
Psychiatric Aides 5.6% $29,180
Psychiatric Technicians 5.9% $32,870

Who Is Getting a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician?

614 Bachelor's Degrees Annually
87% Percent Women
42% Percent Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The major attracts more women than men. About 87% of the recent graduates in this field are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

At the countrywide level, the racial-ethnic distribution of psychiatric/mental health services technician majors is as follows:

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 7
Black or African American 110
Hispanic or Latino 107
White 321
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 69

Some careers associated with psychiatric/mental health services technician require an advanced degree while some may not even require a bachelor’s. Whatever the case may be, pursuing more education usually means that more career options will be available to you.

Find out what the typical degree level is for psychiatric/mental health services technician careers below.

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Education Level Percentage of Workers
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) 57.0%
Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production) 1.7%
Some College Courses 10.0%
Associate’s Degree (or other 2-year degree) 2.9%
Bachelor’s Degree 8.7%
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate - awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Baccalaureate degree but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees carrying the title of Master. 3.6%
Master’s Degree 16.0%

Online Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician Programs

The following table lists the number of programs by degree level, along with how many schools offered online courses in the field.

Degree Level Colleges Offering Programs Colleges Offering Online Classes
Certificate (Less Than 1 Year) 0 0
Certificate (1-2 years) 32 3
Certificate (2-4 Years) 1 0
Associate’s Degree 61 8
Bachelor’s Degree 0 0
Post-Baccalaureate 0 0
Master’s Degree 0 0
Post-Master’s 2 0
Doctor’s Degree (Research) 0 0
Doctor’s Degree (Professional Practice) 1 0
Doctor’s Degree (Other) 0 0

You may also be interested in one of the following majors related to psychiatric/mental health services technician.

Major Number of Grads
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor 9,563
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling 5,724
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling 3,908
Other Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions 3,475
Clinical/Medical Social Work 3,189
Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling 2,378
Genetic Counseling/Counselor 361
Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling 177
Trauma Counseling 108
Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy 12
Medical Family Therapy/Therapist 5
Hospice and Palliative Care 2

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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