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2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor's Degree Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

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$12,392 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,158 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor's 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.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.

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 Bachelor's Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 73 schools in the United States to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for mental health services students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Top 10 Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor's Degree Schools

#1

Seattle Central College

Seattle, WA

Our analysis found Seattle Central College to be the best value school for mental & social health services students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the United States. Located in the city of Seattle, Seattle Central is a public college with a small student population.

Seattle Central undergraduate students pay an average of $5,354 in tuition and fees each year.

Seattle Central excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools list.

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#2

Columbia Southern University

Orange Beach, AL

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Columbia Southern University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mental & social health services schools in the United States. Columbia Southern University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the town of Orange Beach.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Columbia Southern University are $6,015 per year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, mental health services majors at Columbia Southern University accumulate an average of around $25,910 in student debt.

In addition to its great value ranking, Columbia Southern University is in the top 1% of all schools on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools list.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Metropolitan State University is a great value for mental & social health services students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Saint Paul, Metro State is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Metro State undergraduate students pay an average of $9,684 in tuition and fees each year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, mental health services graduates from Metro State carry an average student debtload of $22,480.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Metro State also is in the top 20% of our Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools ranking.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Ottawa University - Online. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Ottawa University - Online is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Ottawa.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Ottawa University - Online are $12,676 per year.

Ottawa University - Online also made our Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools list, coming in at #5.

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#5

Ottawa University - Kansas City

Overland Park, KS

Out of the 73 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Ottawa University - Kansas City landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Overland Park, Ottawa University - Kansas City is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Ottawa University - Kansas City undergraduate students pay an average of $12,622 in tuition and fees each year.

Ottawa University - Kansas City excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools list.

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Ottawa University - Phoenix ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Phoenix, Ottawa University - Phoenix is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Ottawa University - Phoenix are $13,341 a year.

Ottawa University - Phoenix excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools list.

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Minot State University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree mental & social health services programs. Located in the remote town of Minot, MSU is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MSU are $8,508 per year.

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Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the remote town of Portales, ENMU - Main Campus is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ENMU - Main Campus are $8,718 per year. Mental Health Services majors at ENMU - Main Campus take out an average of $18,052 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, ENMU - Main Campus also is in the top 15% of our Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools ranking.

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Lake Washington Institute of Technology ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the suburb of Kirkland, LWTech is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at LWTech are $10,390 per year.

LWTech also claimed a spot on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the large city of Kansas City, MBTS is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

MBTS undergraduate students pay an average of $10,020 in tuition and fees each year.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional great value schools for Mental & Social Health Services students seeking value that almost earned our Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor's Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
11 University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD
12 The University of Arizona Global Campus San Diego, CA
13 Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global Marion, IN
14 Saint Cloud State University Saint Cloud, MN

Mental & Social Health Services by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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

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 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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