Vocational Programs for Community and Social Service Occupations Career

Community and Social Service Occupations is a top-level category of 18 related occupations.

The average annual wage of the occupations is $56,757 and $27 per hour. 55 vocational programs could be taken for the Community and Social Service Occupations career. Based on BLS data, a total of 1,968,650 employees were employed in the Occupation.

The 2024 average tuition over the programs for preparing Community and Social Service Occupations is $18,367. The average length of the programs is 93 hours and the average completion time is 13.58 months.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Community and Social Service Occupations Career

The following 55 vocational programs are required or helpful to prepare Community and Social Service Occupations.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2024 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing Community and Social Service Occupations
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Health Communication	15	$30,641	-	-	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	9	$26,460	-	-	-
College Student Counseling and Personnel Services	2	$33,531	-	-	-
Developmental Services Worker	7	$13,448	-	-	-
Early Childhood and Family Studies	4	$24,741	-	-	-
Parent Education Services	1	$34,697	-	-	-
Behavioral Sciences	8	$31,048	-	-	-
Thanatology	2	-	-	-	-
Bible/Biblical Studies	63	$23,925	-	-	-
Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology	17	$25,251	-	-	-
Church Planting	2	$14,930	-	-	-
Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology, Other	1	-	-	-	-
Religious Education	12	$25,980	-	-	-
Worship Ministry	1	$24,571	-	-	-
Religious Music and Worship, Other	1	$33,662	-	-	-
Theology/Theological Studies	21	$31,164	-	-	-
Divinity/Ministry	12	$23,976	-	-	-
Pre-Theology/Pre-Ministerial Studies	10	$29,888	-	-	-
Theological and Ministerial Studies (other)	12	$23,991	-	-	-
Pastoral Studies/Counseling	11	$22,467	-	-	-
Youth Ministry	6	$27,839	-	-	-
Urban Ministry	2	$28,766	-	-	-
Women's Ministry	3	$26,908	-	-	-
Lay Ministry	15	$28,194	-	-	-
Chaplain/Chaplaincy Studies	1	$9,840	-	-	-
Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries (other)	11	$25,016	-	-	-
Developmental and Child Psychology	4	$37,447	-	-	-
Counseling Psychology	9	$29,467	-	-	-
School Psychology	3	$26,511	-	-	-
Juvenile Corrections	12	$21,878	-	-	-
Human Services	271	$28,736	-	64 Hours	18.00 Months
Community Organization and Advocacy	35	$30,104	-	-	-
Social Work	53	$26,954	-	-	-
Youth Services/Administration	12	$29,534	-	-	-
Forensic Social Work	1	-	-	-	-
Social Work (other)	15	$33,802	-	-	-
Health and Wellness	33	$13,121	-	55 Hours	8.25 Months
Dental Public Health and Education	2	$9,286	-	-	-
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	253	$23,613	$600	160 Hours	14.50 Months
Clinical/Medical Social Work	12	$10,524	-	-	-
Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling	56	$25,055	-	-	-
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling	1	$28,644	-	-	-
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	20	$28,443	-	-	-
Hospice and Palliative Care	1	-	-	-	-
Trauma Counseling	2	-	-	-	-
Public Health	21	$31,365	-	-	-
Public Health Education and Promotion	14	$26,613	-	-	-
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	35	$27,180	-	-	-
International Public Health/International Health	12	$49,972	-	-	-
Behavioral Aspects of Health	9	$34,211	-	-	-
Assistive/Augmentative Technology and Rehabilitation Engineering	4	-	-	-	-
Rehabilitation Science	4	$26,794	-	-	-
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	5	$55,518	-	-	-
Arts in Medicine/Health	1	-	-	-	-
Executive/Career Coaching	1	-	-	-	-

Sub-Occupations of Community and Social Service Occupations Career

The following 27 occupations are related to Community and Social Service Occupations.

Sub-Occupations of Community and Social Service Occupations
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
Community and Social Service Occupations	2,418K	$58,980	$28
Counselors, Social Workers, and Other Community and Social Service Specialists	2,326K	$58,910	$28
Counselors	909K	$61,790	$30
Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors	-	-	-
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	328K	$66,990	$32
Marriage and Family Therapists	63,340	$68,730	$33
Mental Health Counselors	-	-	-
Rehabilitation Counselors	84,750	$48,430	$23
Counselors, All Other	35,580	$52,360	$25
Social Workers	710K	$62,880	$30
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	352K	$59,190	$28
Healthcare Social Workers	185K	$67,430	$32
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	115K	$63,870	$31
Social Workers, All Other	58,460	$68,800	$33
Miscellaneous Community and Social Service Specialists	707K	$51,210	$25
Health Education Specialists	57,800	$69,790	$34
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	85,870	$67,880	$33
Social and Human Service Assistants	409K	$44,240	$21
Community Health Workers	58,550	$52,610	$25
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	95,310	$54,020	$26
Religious Workers	91,770	$60,800	$29
Clergy	56,640	$63,720	$31
Clergy	56,640	$63,720	$31
Directors, Religious Activities and Education	23,270	$61,740	$30
Directors, Religious Activities and Education	23,270	$61,740	$30
Miscellaneous Religious Workers	11,870	$45,050	$22
Religious Workers, All Other	11,870	$45,050	$22

Schools offering vocational programs for Community and Social Service Occupations

The following 726 schools offer the vocational programs and certificate courses for preparing Community and Social Service Occupations. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.