Human Services Schools In Virginia
Virginia has 17 accredited human services schools where human services faculty who teach human services classes can find employment. The graphs, statistics and analysis below outline the current state and the future direction of academia in human services in the state of Virginia, which encompasses 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
Virginia Vs. National Human Services Employment
| Virginia | 21,140 |
| National | 913,960 |
Of all of the human services professionals that work in the US, approximately 2% work in Virginia state.
Employment Growth for Human services professionals In Virginia
| 15,650 | 16,080 | 17,410 | 17,310 | 21,140 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
In Virginia, human services is a growing field. In Virginia, 5,490 more human services professionals were working in 2010, than there were in 2006. This represents a 35% growth in the field. This is faster 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 Virginia
| $39,078 | $41,398 | $42,270 | $41,322 | $42,685 |
| $46,318 | $48,287 | $49,095 | $50,643 | $51,501 |
| 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 Virginia. The mean salary for human services professionals in 2006 was $39,078 per year. And in 2010 the mean salary was $42,685 per year.
Salary percentiles for Human services professionals in Virginia
10th percentile |
$25,735 |
25th percentile |
$32,167 |
50th percentile |
$41,265 |
75th percentile |
$51,947 |
90th percentile |
$61,958 |
Thus, there was a 8% growth in human services professionals' salaries. State trends for all professions mirror this growth. In the state of Virginia, there is a huge variation in pay, within the field of human services. The pay differential between the highest paid human services professionals and those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket is 141%
Average Salaries for Human services professionals and related professions in Virginia
Human Services |
$42,685 |
Mental Health |
$37,232 |
Public Administration |
$99,512 |
Public Health |
$66,387 |
Social Work |
$49,152 |
Sociology |
$60,800 |
In Virginia, 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 Virginia
associate |
1 |
bachelor |
15 |
master |
6 |
doctor |
3 |
Certificate |
1 |
| Total | 26 |
The number of students graduating from the 17 accredited human services schools in Virginia is increasing. In 2006 there were 641 human services graduates from human services courses in Virginia and in 2010 there were 1,197 graduates.
This represents a 87% increase in the number of human services degree or certificate school graduates in Virginia state. Most of these graduates, or 58%, earned an bachelor's degree in human services.