Human Services Schools In Arizona
Arizona has 16 accredited human services schools where human services faculty who teach human services classes can find employment. The trends in Arizona's human services academic community can be evaluated by looking at the statistics and graphs below. Academia in human services includes human services training at the following levels:
- Human Services Certificate
- Associates degree in Human Services
- Bachelors degree in Human Services
- Masters degree in Human Services
- PhD degree in Human Services
Statistics
Professional Trends
Arizona Vs. National Human Services Employment
| Arizona | 15,110 |
| National | 913,960 |
Of all of the human services professionals that work in the US, approximately 2% work in Arizona state.
Employment Growth for Human services professionals In Arizona
| 7,710 | 9,030 | 10,390 | 13,010 | 15,110 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
In Arizona, the field of human services is growing. In Arizona, 7,400 more human services professionals were working in 2010, than there were in 2006. Thus, the field of human services has grown by 96% in Arizona. This growth is faster than the national trend for human services professionals which shows a 25% increase in the number of human services professionals working around the nation.
Human Services VS. All Professions salaries in Arizona
| $38,496 | $39,000 | $38,822 | $40,560 | $41,730 |
| $42,177 | $43,423 | $45,140 | $46,513 | $48,330 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Light Blue: Human Services
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
As the number of human services professionals is growing, the salaries paid to human services professionals are increasing in Arizona. Human services professionals earned a yearly mean salary of $38,496 in 2006. They earned a yearly mean salary of $41,730 in 2010.
Salary percentiles for Human services professionals in Arizona
10th percentile |
$24,470 |
25th percentile |
$31,323 |
50th percentile |
$39,632 |
75th percentile |
$50,532 |
90th percentile |
$62,665 |
This represents a 8% growth in salaries. State trends for all professions mirror this growth. There is a 156% pay differential between the highest paid human services professionals and those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket. Thus, there is huge variation in pay, within the field of human services in Arizona.
Average Salaries for Human services professionals and related professions in Arizona
Human Services |
$41,730 |
Mental Health |
$36,962 |
Public Administration |
$109,330 |
Public Health |
$59,000 |
Social Work |
$45,688 |
Sociology |
$75,720 |
Human services professionals in Arizona earn, on average, less than their counterparts in related professions.
Educational Trends
Human Services programs available for each degree type for all schools in Arizona
associate |
11 |
bachelor |
9 |
master |
1 |
doctor |
1 |
Certificate |
4 |
| Total | 26 |
The number of students graduating from the 16 accredited human services schools in Arizona is increasing. In 2006 there were 334 human services graduates from human services courses in Arizona and in 2010 there were 1,562 graduates.
Thus there was a 368% percent increase in the number of human services school degree or certificate graduates in Arizona. A majority of these graduates, or 42%, graduated with a associate's degree in human services.