Basic Certificates in General Human Services

In recent years, the majority of the students getting degrees in this area were female, and 49% were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 0.3% of general human services graduates were international students.

Education Levels of General Human Services Majors

During the most recent year for which data is available, 664 people earned their basic certificate in general human services. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in general human services at each degree level.

Education Level	Number of Grads
Bachelor’s Degree	5,919
Associate Degree	3,742
Master’s Degree	873
Basic Certificate	664
Undergraduate Certificate	249
Doctor’s Degree	97
Graduate Certificate	52

Earnings of General Human Services Majors With Basic Certificates

We are unable to calculate the median earnings for general human services majors with their basic certificate due to lack of data.

Student Debt

We do not have the data to estimate the median debt for this class of people.

Student Diversity

More women than men pursue their basic certificate in general human services. About 84.0% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender	Number of Grads
Men	106
Women	558

The racial-ethnic distribution of general human services basic certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	16
Black or African American	103
Hispanic or Latino	154
White	318
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	71

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Image Credit: By University of the Fraser Valley under License

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