Human Services Schools In Tennessee

Tennessee has 23 accredited human services schools where human services faculty who teach human services classes can find employment. The following statistics and charts help analyze the current state of the human services academic community in Tennessee, and the future trends in human services training at the following levels:

Associates degree in Human Services
Bachelors degree in Human Services
Masters degree in Human Services
PhD degree in Human Services

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Tennessee Vs. National Human Services Employment

Tennessee	11,280
National	913,960

Approximately 1% of the country's human services professionals work in Tennessee state.

Employment Growth for Human services professionals In Tennessee

2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
10,330	9,700	9,940	9,770	11,280

Yellow: Actual Values

In Tennessee, human services is a growing field. In 2010 there were 950 more human services professionals working in Tennessee than there were in 2006. Thus, the field of human services has grown by 9% in Tennessee. This is slower than the trend for human services professionals around the US. Nationally, the number of human services professionals has grown by 25% between 2006 and 2010.

Human Services VS. All Professions salaries in Tennessee

2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
$32,786	$34,262	$36,526	$36,252	$36,357
$40,013	$42,768	$44,223	$45,004	$44,949

Light Blue: Human Services
Dark Yellow: All Professions

The salaries paid to human services professionals are growing in Tennessee. In 2006 human services professionals made a mean salary of $32,786 per year, and in 2010 they made $36,357 per year.

Salary percentiles for Human services professionals in Tennessee

10th percentile	$22,658
25th percentile	$27,470
50th percentile	$34,897
75th percentile	$43,717
90th percentile	$52,602

This represents a growth in salaries of 10%. This growth is mirrored by state trends for all professionals. In Tennessee state, within the field of human services, there is a huge variation in pay. The highest paid human services professionals earn 132% more money than those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket.

Average Salaries for Human services professionals and related professions in Tennessee

Human Services	$36,357
Mental Health	$24,600
Public Administration	$75,762
Public Health	$55,007
Social Work	$41,705
Sociology	$55,300

In Tennessee, human services professionals make, on average, less than their counterparts in related professions.

Educational Trends

Human Services programs available for each degree type for all schools in Tennessee

associate	2
bachelor	22
master	3
doctor	1
Certificate	0
Total	28

As the number of human services professionals is increasing in Tennessee state, the number of students graduating from the 23 accredited human services schools in Tennessee state is also increasing. In 2006 there were 590 human services graduates from human services courses in Tennessee and in 2010 there were 733 graduates.

Thus there was a 24% percent increase in the number of human services school degree or certificate graduates in Tennessee. Most of these graduates, or 79%, earned a bachelor's degree in human services.

Human Services Faculty Salaries in Tennessee

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