diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/strided_reduction.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/strided_reduction.cuh
index 9480eb9fa0..a7a8594f64 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/strided_reduction.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/strided_reduction.cuh
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ void stridedReduction(OutType* dots,
   // other cases, because coalescedReduction supports arbitrary types.
   if constexpr (std::is_same_v<OutType, float> || std::is_same_v<OutType, double> ||
                 std::is_same_v<OutType, int> || std::is_same_v<OutType, long long> ||
-                std::is_same_v<OutType, unsigned long long>) {
+                std::is_same_v<OutType, unsigned long long> || std::is_same_v<OutType, half>) {
     detail::stridedReduction<InType, OutType, IdxType>(
       dots, data, D, N, init, stream, inplace, main_op, reduce_op, final_op);
   } else {
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/mean.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/mean.cuh
index 05e17d6d8a..5af1733525 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/mean.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/detail/mean.cuh
@@ -10,24 +10,33 @@
 #include <raft/linalg/reduce.cuh>
 #include <raft/util/cuda_utils.cuh>
 
+#include <type_traits>
+
 namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 namespace detail {
 
-template <bool rowMajor, typename Type, typename IdxType = int>
-void mean(Type* mu, const Type* data, IdxType D, IdxType N, cudaStream_t stream)
+template <bool rowMajor, typename OutType, typename InType, typename IdxType = int>
+void mean(OutType* mu, const InType* data, IdxType D, IdxType N, cudaStream_t stream)
 {
-  Type ratio = Type(1) / Type(N);
-  raft::linalg::reduce<rowMajor, false>(mu,
-                                        data,
-                                        D,
-                                        N,
-                                        Type(0),
-                                        stream,
-                                        false,
-                                        raft::identity_op(),
-                                        raft::add_op(),
-                                        raft::mul_const_op<Type>(ratio));
+  OutType ratio = OutType(1) / OutType(N);
+  auto main_op  = [=]() {
+    if constexpr (std::is_same_v<InType, OutType>) {
+      return raft::identity_op();
+    } else {
+      return raft::cast_op<OutType>();
+    }
+  }();
+  raft::linalg::reduce<rowMajor, false, InType, OutType>(mu,
+                                                         data,
+                                                         D,
+                                                         N,
+                                                         OutType(0),
+                                                         stream,
+                                                         false,
+                                                         main_op,
+                                                         raft::add_op(),
+                                                         raft::mul_const_op<OutType>(ratio));
 }
 
 template <bool rowMajor, typename Type, typename IdxType = int>
diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/stats/mean.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/stats/mean.cuh
index 87310a0bb2..9dfc9b2d36 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/stats/mean.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/stats/mean.cuh
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 #include <raft/core/resources.hpp>
 #include <raft/stats/detail/mean.cuh>
 
+#include <type_traits>
+
 namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 
@@ -68,21 +70,22 @@ template <bool rowMajor, typename Type, typename IdxType = int>
  */
 
 /**
- * @brief Compute mean of the input matrix
+ * @brief Compute mean of the input matrix with different input and output data types.
  *
  * Mean operation is assumed to be performed on a given column.
  *
- * @tparam value_t the data type
+ * @tparam in_value_t the input data type
+ * @tparam out_value_t the output data type
  * @tparam idx_t index type
  * @tparam layout_t Layout type of the input matrix.
  * @param[in]  handle the raft handle
- * @param[in]  data: the input matrix
- * @param[out] mu: the output mean vector
+ * @param[in]  data the input matrix
+ * @param[out] mu the output mean vector
  */
-template <typename value_t, typename idx_t, typename layout_t>
+template <typename in_value_t, typename out_value_t, typename idx_t, typename layout_t>
 void mean(raft::resources const& handle,
-          raft::device_matrix_view<const value_t, idx_t, layout_t> data,
-          raft::device_vector_view<value_t, idx_t> mu)
+          raft::device_matrix_view<const in_value_t, idx_t, layout_t> data,
+          raft::device_vector_view<out_value_t, idx_t> mu)
 {
   static_assert(
     std::is_same_v<layout_t, raft::row_major> || std::is_same_v<layout_t, raft::col_major>,
@@ -97,6 +100,26 @@ void mean(raft::resources const& handle,
                                                           resource::get_cuda_stream(handle));
 }
 
+/**
+ * @brief Compute mean of the input matrix
+ *
+ * Mean operation is assumed to be performed on a given column.
+ *
+ * @tparam value_t the data type
+ * @tparam idx_t index type
+ * @tparam layout_t Layout type of the input matrix.
+ * @param[in]  handle the raft handle
+ * @param[in]  data: the input matrix
+ * @param[out] mu: the output mean vector
+ */
+template <typename value_t, typename idx_t, typename layout_t>
+void mean(raft::resources const& handle,
+          raft::device_matrix_view<const value_t, idx_t, layout_t> data,
+          raft::device_vector_view<value_t, idx_t> mu)
+{
+  mean<value_t, value_t, idx_t, layout_t>(handle, data, mu);
+}
+
 /**
  * @brief Compute mean of the input matrix
  *
diff --git a/cpp/tests/stats/mean.cu b/cpp/tests/stats/mean.cu
index 4323d2f0bd..a21305b0dd 100644
--- a/cpp/tests/stats/mean.cu
+++ b/cpp/tests/stats/mean.cu
@@ -1,49 +1,74 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2018-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2018-2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
 #include "../test_utils.cuh"
 
 #include <raft/core/resource/cuda_stream.hpp>
+#include <raft/linalg/unary_op.cuh>
 #include <raft/random/rng.cuh>
 #include <raft/stats/mean.cuh>
 #include <raft/util/cuda_utils.cuh>
 #include <raft/util/cudart_utils.hpp>
 
+#include <cuda_fp16.h>
+
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <type_traits>
+#include <vector>
+
 namespace raft {
 namespace stats {
 
 template <typename T>
+float toFloat(T value)
+{
+  return static_cast<float>(value);
+}
+
+template <>
+inline float toFloat<half>(half value)
+{
+  return __half2float(value);
+}
+
+struct float_to_half_op {
+  __device__ half operator()(float x) const { return __float2half(x); }
+};
+
+template <typename InputT, typename OutputT = InputT>
 struct MeanInputs {
-  T tolerance, mean;
+  OutputT tolerance;
+  InputT mean;
   int rows, cols;
   bool rowMajor;
   unsigned long long int seed;
-  T stddev = (T)1.0;
+  InputT stddev = (InputT)1.0;
 };
 
-template <typename T>
-::std::ostream& operator<<(::std::ostream& os, const MeanInputs<T>& dims)
+template <typename InputT, typename OutputT>
+::std::ostream& operator<<(::std::ostream& os, const MeanInputs<InputT, OutputT>& dims)
 {
-  return os << "{ " << dims.tolerance << ", " << dims.rows << ", " << dims.cols << ", "
-            << ", " << dims.rowMajor << ", " << dims.stddev << "}" << std::endl;
+  return os << "{ tol=" << toFloat(dims.tolerance) << ", mean=" << toFloat(dims.mean)
+            << ", rows=" << dims.rows << ", cols=" << dims.cols << ", rowMajor=" << dims.rowMajor
+            << ", stddev=" << toFloat(dims.stddev) << "}" << std::endl;
 }
 
-template <typename T>
-class MeanTest : public ::testing::TestWithParam<MeanInputs<T>> {
+template <typename InputT, typename OutputT = InputT>
+class MeanTest : public ::testing::TestWithParam<MeanInputs<InputT, OutputT>> {
  public:
   MeanTest()
-    : params(::testing::TestWithParam<MeanInputs<T>>::GetParam()),
+    : params(::testing::TestWithParam<MeanInputs<InputT, OutputT>>::GetParam()),
       stream(resource::get_cuda_stream(handle)),
       rows(params.rows),
       cols(params.cols),
-      data(rows * cols, stream),
-      mean_act(cols, stream)
+      data(raft::make_device_matrix<InputT, int>(handle, rows, cols)),
+      mean_act(raft::make_device_vector<OutputT, int>(handle, cols))
   {
   }
 
@@ -52,23 +77,31 @@ class MeanTest : public ::testing::TestWithParam<MeanInputs<T>> {
   {
     raft::random::RngState r(params.seed);
     int len = rows * cols;
-    normal(handle, r, data.data(), len, params.mean, params.stddev);
-    meanSGtest(data.data(), stream);
+    if constexpr (std::is_same_v<InputT, half>) {
+      rmm::device_uvector<float> data_float(len, stream);
+      normal(handle, r, data_float.data(), len, toFloat(params.mean), toFloat(params.stddev));
+      raft::linalg::unaryOp(data.data_handle(), data_float.data(), len, float_to_half_op{}, stream);
+    } else if constexpr (std::is_integral_v<InputT>) {
+      normalInt(handle, r, data.data_handle(), len, params.mean, params.stddev);
+    } else {
+      normal(handle, r, data.data_handle(), len, params.mean, params.stddev);
+    }
+    meanSGtest();
   }
 
-  void meanSGtest(T* data, cudaStream_t stream)
+  void meanSGtest()
   {
     int rows = params.rows, cols = params.cols;
     if (params.rowMajor) {
       using layout = raft::row_major;
       mean(handle,
-           raft::make_device_matrix_view<const T, int, layout>(data, rows, cols),
-           raft::make_device_vector_view<T, int>(mean_act.data(), cols));
+           raft::make_device_matrix_view<const InputT, int, layout>(data.data_handle(), rows, cols),
+           raft::make_device_vector_view<OutputT, int>(mean_act.data_handle(), cols));
     } else {
       using layout = raft::col_major;
       mean(handle,
-           raft::make_device_matrix_view<const T, int, layout>(data, rows, cols),
-           raft::make_device_vector_view<T, int>(mean_act.data(), cols));
+           raft::make_device_matrix_view<const InputT, int, layout>(data.data_handle(), rows, cols),
+           raft::make_device_vector_view<OutputT, int>(mean_act.data_handle(), cols));
     }
   }
 
@@ -76,9 +109,10 @@ class MeanTest : public ::testing::TestWithParam<MeanInputs<T>> {
   raft::resources handle;
   cudaStream_t stream;
 
-  MeanInputs<T> params;
+  MeanInputs<InputT, OutputT> params;
   int rows, cols;
-  rmm::device_uvector<T> data, mean_act;
+  raft::device_matrix<InputT, int> data;
+  raft::device_vector<OutputT, int> mean_act;
 };
 
 // Note: For 1024 samples, 256 experiments, a mean of 1.0 with stddev=1.0, the
@@ -131,23 +165,66 @@ const std::vector<MeanInputs<double>> inputsd = {{0.15, -1.0, 1024, 32, false, 1
                                                  {1e-8, 1e-1, 1 << 27, 2, false, 1234ULL, 0.0001},
                                                  {1e-8, 1e-1, 1 << 27, 2, true, 1234ULL, 0.0001}};
 
+const std::vector<MeanInputs<half, float>> inputshf = {
+  {0.15f, -1.f, 1024, 32, false, 1234ULL},
+  {0.15f, -1.f, 1024, 64, false, 1234ULL},
+  {0.15f, -1.f, 1024, 128, false, 1234ULL},
+  {0.15f, -1.f, 1024, 256, false, 1234ULL},
+  {0.15f, -1.f, 1024, 32, true, 1234ULL},
+  {0.15f, -1.f, 1024, 64, true, 1234ULL},
+  {0.0001f, 0.1f, 1 << 27, 2, false, 1234ULL, 0.0001f}};
+
+const std::vector<MeanInputs<int8_t, half>> inputsi8h = {{0.95f, -5, 8096, 32, false, 1234ULL, 1},
+                                                         {0.5f, 1, 8096, 10, false, 1234ULL, 10},
+                                                         {0.15f, 0, 60000, 128, false, 1234ULL, 6},
+                                                         {0.5f, -1, 8096, 256, false, 1234ULL, 2},
+                                                         {1.0f, 8, 2000, 32, true, 1234ULL, 1},
+                                                         {0.50f, -1, 20000, 64, true, 1234ULL, 5},
+                                                         {1.0f, 6, 10024, 2, false, 1234ULL, 10}};
+
 typedef MeanTest<float> MeanTestF;
 TEST_P(MeanTestF, Result)
 {
-  ASSERT_TRUE(
-    devArrMatch(params.mean, mean_act.data(), params.cols, CompareApprox<float>(params.tolerance)));
+  ASSERT_TRUE(devArrMatch(
+    params.mean, mean_act.data_handle(), params.cols, CompareApprox<float>(params.tolerance)));
 }
 
 typedef MeanTest<double> MeanTestD;
 TEST_P(MeanTestD, Result)
 {
   ASSERT_TRUE(devArrMatch(
-    params.mean, mean_act.data(), params.cols, CompareApprox<double>(params.tolerance)));
+    params.mean, mean_act.data_handle(), params.cols, CompareApprox<double>(params.tolerance)));
 }
 
 INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P(MeanTests, MeanTestF, ::testing::ValuesIn(inputsf));
 
 INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P(MeanTests, MeanTestD, ::testing::ValuesIn(inputsd));
 
+typedef MeanTest<half, float> MeanTestHF;
+TEST_P(MeanTestHF, Result)
+{
+  ASSERT_TRUE(devArrMatch(toFloat(params.mean),
+                          mean_act.data_handle(),
+                          params.cols,
+                          CompareApprox<float>(params.tolerance)));
+}
+
+typedef MeanTest<int8_t, half> MeanTestI8H;
+TEST_P(MeanTestI8H, Result)
+{
+  std::vector<half> mean_act_h(params.cols);
+  raft::update_host(mean_act_h.data(), mean_act.data_handle(), params.cols, stream);
+  raft::resource::sync_stream(handle);
+
+  auto expected  = toFloat(params.mean);
+  auto tolerance = toFloat(params.tolerance);
+  for (int i = 0; i < params.cols; ++i) {
+    ASSERT_NEAR(toFloat(mean_act_h[i]), expected, tolerance) << " @col=" << i;
+  }
+}
+
+INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P(MeanTests, MeanTestHF, ::testing::ValuesIn(inputshf));
+
+INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P(MeanTests, MeanTestI8H, ::testing::ValuesIn(inputsi8h));
 }  // end namespace stats
 }  // end namespace raft