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Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

30 Colleges
$7,312 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,728 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, mental & social health services was ranked #15 in the country. In fact 30,331 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2021-2022.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 30 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for mental health services students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Top 10 Best Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Northcentral Technical College the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for mental & social health services students working on their associate degree. North Central Technical College is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Wausau.

North Central Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,512 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that mental health services majors at North Central Technical College take out while working on their Associate Degree is $14,622.

North Central Technical College also claimed a spot on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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#2

Oakland Community College

Auburn Hills, MI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Oakland Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large suburb of Auburn Hills, Oakland Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Oakland Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,400 in tuition and fees each year. On average, mental health services graduates from Oakland Community College take out $16,200 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Wayne County Community College District is a great value for mental & social health services students working on their associate degree. WCCCD is a large public school located in the large city of Detroit.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WCCCD are $3,998 per year.

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Western Technical College

La Crosse, WI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Western Technical College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the small city of La Crosse, Western Technical College is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Western Technical College are $6,788 per year. The average amount in student loans that mental health services majors at Western Technical College take out while working on their Associate Degree is $17,965.

Western Technical College also claimed a spot on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. NWTC is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Green Bay.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at NWTC are $6,965 a year. While working on their Associate Degree, mental health services majors at NWTC accumulate an average of around $21,432 in student debt.

NWTC also claimed a spot on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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Southwest Wisconsin Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for mental & social health services students to get a associate degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Southwest Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Fennimore.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southwest Tech are $6,731 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Southwest Tech is ranked #4 for overall quality for mental health services in the Great Lakes Region .

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Blackhawk Technical College

Janesville, WI

Blackhawk Technical College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree mental & social health services programs. BTC is a small public school located in the suburb of Janesville.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at BTC are $6,793 a year.

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Moraine Park Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for mental & social health services students to get a associate degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Moraine Park Technical College is a small public school located in the city of Fond du Lac.

Moraine Park Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,793 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that mental health services majors at Moraine Park Technical College take out while working on their Associate Degree is $11,792.

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Madison Area Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for mental & social health services students to get a associate degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of Madison, Madison College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Madison College are $6,812 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Madison College also did well on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Waukesha County Technical College ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the suburb of Pewaukee, WCTC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WCTC are $6,722 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, WCTC is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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Best Mental & Social Health Services Colleges by State

Explore the best mental & social health services colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 148
Indiana 859
Wisconsin 536
Ohio 704
Illinois 169

Mental & Social Health Services is one of 11 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

Mental Health Services Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor 8,344
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling 5,915
Other Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions 3,697
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling 3,683
Clinical/Medical Social Work 2,864
Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician 2,762
Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling 2,419
Genetic Counseling/Counselor 299
Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling 217
Trauma Counseling 104
Medical Family Therapy/Therapist 12
Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy 12
Hospice and Palliative Care 3

Related Major Annual Graduates
Health & Medical Administrative Services 88,600
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 85,339
Allied Health Professions 83,905
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 83,587
Health Sciences & Services 36,762

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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