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

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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

59 Colleges
$8,936 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 #15 most popular major in the country with 30,331 degrees and certificates awarded in 2021-2022.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which trade school program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.

The Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 59 schools in the Southeast 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Top 10 Best Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named South Piedmont Community College the best value school in the Southeast Region for mental & social health services students working on their associate degree. South Piedmont Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Polkton.

South Piedmont Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,623 in tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 59 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Montgomery Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. MCC is a fairly small public school located in the rural area of Troy.

MCC undergraduate students pay an average of $8,682 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Nash Community College

Rocky Mount, NC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Nash Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the rural area of Rocky Mount, Nash Community College is a public college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Nash Community College are $8,834 per year. On average, mental health services graduates from Nash Community College take out $15,773 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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Out of the 59 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Davidson County Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Thomasville, DCCC is a public college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at DCCC are $7,852 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southern University at Shreveport. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Shreveport, Southern University at Shreveport is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Southern University at Shreveport are $4,958 a year. Mental Health Services majors at Southern University at Shreveport take out an average of $21,550 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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With a ranking of #6, Central Piedmont Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for mental & social health services students working on their associate degree. Central Piedmont Community College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Charlotte.

Central Piedmont Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,936 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Central Piedmont Community College also is in the top 20% of our Best Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.

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Richmond Community 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 #7 on the list. Located in the town of Hamlet, Richmond Community College is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Richmond Community College are $8,680 per year.

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Southwestern Community 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. Southwestern Community College is a small public school located in the distant town of Sylva.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southwestern Community College are $7,221 per year.

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Beaufort County Community College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the rural area of Washington, Beaufort County Community College is a public college with a small student population.

Beaufort County Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,662 in tuition and fees each year.

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#10

University of the Cumberlands

Williamsburg, KY

With a ranking of #10, University of the Cumberlands did quite well on this year’s best value schools for mental & social health services students working on their associate degree. Located in the town of Williamsburg, Cumberlands is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Cumberlands are $9,875 a year.

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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 Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
South Carolina 11
Georgia 12
Arkansas 97
North Carolina 998
Florida 389
West Virginia 42
Louisiana 48
Virginia 1,102
Alabama 104
Kentucky 74
Tennessee 35
Mississippi 78

One of 11 majors within the trade school area of study, mental & social health services has other similar majors worth exploring.

Mental Health Services Concentrations

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).

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