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Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Montana

2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Montana

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$17,202 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,728 Avg Salary

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

Mental & Social Health Services is the #14 most popular major in Montana with 32 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Montana ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Montana 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

Best Montana Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Mental & Social Health Services

Our 2023 rankings named Flathead Valley Community College the best value school in Montana for mental & social health services students working on their associate degree. Located in the rural area of Kalispell, Flathead Valley Community College is a public college with a small student population.

Flathead Valley Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,798 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

University of Providence

Great Falls, MT

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Providence. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Montana list. University of Providence is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Great Falls.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at University of Providence are $27,606 per year.

University of Providence also made our Best Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in Montana list, coming in at #1.

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Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Schools in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 72
Utah 17
Idaho 1
Wyoming 15

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

Majors Similar to Mental Health Services

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 2 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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