Overview

The Human Services program offered by Mercy University is for working adults who want to advance in community-serving fields including human services, justice, recovery and aging sectors. It’s ideal for people with college credits but no bachelor's degree who are ready to move into leadership, supervisory or coordinator roles.

Career Opportunities

This degree opens doors for experienced professionals who are ready to move up but can’t advance without a bachelor’s degree. Whether working in human services, recovery programs, community safety or aging services, graduates gain the leadership, coordination, and problem-solving skills that prepare them for promotion into frontline supervisory, coordinator or specialist roles across community-based organizations and public agencies.

Graduates may pursue roles such as:

Case Manager or Case Coordinator
Program Assistant / Program Coordinator
Community Outreach Worker or Community Liaison
Reentry Specialist or Reentry Program Coordinator
Victim Advocate or Client Services Specialist
Residential Services Supervisor (in recovery, youth, or housing programs)

Programme Structure

Courses Include:

Counseling
Social Psychology
Human Services: History, Professional Pathways, and Ethics
Social Welfare Policy and Services
Ethics and the Family or Medical Ethics or Managing Human Conflict
Psychology of Crisis

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-02 00:00:00

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Starting 2027-01-18 00:00:00

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Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

New York City, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Students must submit a high school transcript for their application to be reviewed. We will accept either an unofficial or official transcript.
An official final high school transcript (provided by the high school to Mercy University), which includes all secondary school grades, class rank and date of graduate must be submitted prior to enrollment.
Mercy University has a test-optional (SAT/ACT) admissions policy for the majority of our freshman applicants. When applying students can select the testing plan they want to apply under.
Résumé
Letter of Recommendation
Personal written statement

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

118800 USD / year

≈ 118800 USD / year
Out-of-State

118800 USD / year

≈ 118800 USD / year
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In-State

118800 USD / year

≈ 118800 USD / year

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Scholarships Information

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