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2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
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. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.
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 Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 9 schools in the Plains States 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.
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2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Colleges.
Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Mental & Social Health Services
Our analysis found Southeast Community College Area to be the best value school for mental & social health services students who want to pursue a associate degree in the Plains States Region . Southeast Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Lincoln.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Southeast Community College are $3,864 a year. The average amount in student loans that mental health services majors at Southeast Community College take out while working on their Associate Degree is $21,956.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Central Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the small city of Grand Island, Central Community College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
Central Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,710 in tuition and fees each year. Mental Health Services majors at Central Community College take out an average of $10,289 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Metropolitan Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. MCC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Omaha.
MCC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,815 in tuition and fees each year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rochester Community and Technical College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Rochester Community and Technical College is a small public school located in the midsize city of Rochester.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Rochester Community and Technical College are $5,670 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Rochester Community and Technical College also is in the top 15% of our Best Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Century College is a great value for mental & social health services students working on their associate degree. Located in the large suburb of White Bear Lake, Century College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Century College are $6,105 a year.
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With a ranking of #6, Anoka-Ramsey Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for mental & social health services students working on their associate degree. Anoka-Ramsey Community College-Coon Rapids Campus is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Coon Rapids.
Anoka-Ramsey Community College-Coon Rapids Campus undergraduate students pay an average of $5,655 in tuition and fees each year.
Lake Area Technical Institute ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. LATI is a small public school located in the remote town of Watertown.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at LATI are $6,718 a year.
LATI excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Plains States Region list.
Minneapolis Community and 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 Minneapolis, Minneapolis Community and Technical College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Minneapolis Community and Technical College are $6,098 a year. While working on their Associate Degree, mental health services majors at Minneapolis Community and Technical College accumulate an average of around $31,287 in student debt.
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North Central Missouri College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. NCMC is a small public school located in the remote town of Trenton.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NCMC are $7,350 per year.
Best Mental & Social Health Services Colleges by State
Explore the best mental & social health services colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Kansas | 47 |
Missouri | 27 |
Minnesota | 326 |
South Dakota | 59 |
Iowa | 1 |
North Dakota | 48 |
Nebraska | 127 |
Majors Related to Mental Health Services
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
Most Popular Majors Related to Mental Health Services
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 9 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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