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Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

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$24,351 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.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 11 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's 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.

2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for mental health services majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

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

#1

Columbia Southern University

Orange Beach, AL

Our 2023 rankings named Columbia Southern University the best value school in the Southeast Region for mental & social health services students working on their bachelor’s degree. Columbia Southern University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the fringe town of Orange Beach.

Columbia Southern University undergraduate students pay an average of $6,015 in tuition and fees each 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.

Columbia Southern University also took the #1 spot in our Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in the Southeast Region rankings.

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#2

University of the Cumberlands

Williamsburg, KY

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of the Cumberlands is a great value for mental & social health services students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the town of Williamsburg, Cumberlands is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Cumberlands undergraduate students pay an average of $9,875 in tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 11 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern State University of Louisiana landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the remote town of Natchitoches, NSU is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

NSU undergraduate students pay an average of $19,460 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

James Madison University

Harrisonburg, VA

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at James Madison University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mental & social health services schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the small city of Harrisonburg, JMU is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at JMU are $30,152 per year. Mental Health Services majors at JMU take out an average of $19,213 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $441, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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

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Out of the 11 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Arkansas landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Conway, UCA is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UCA are $16,728 a year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, mental health services graduates from UCA carry an average student debtload of $24,583. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $139, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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Out of the 11 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of West Florida landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Pensacola, UWF is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UWF are $18,658 per year.

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

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#7

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, KY

Northern Kentucky University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree mental & social health services programs. NKU is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Highland Heights.

NKU undergraduate students pay an average of $20,848 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, NKU is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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#8

Old Dominion University

Norfolk, VA

Old Dominion University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Old Dominion is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Norfolk.

Old Dominion undergraduate students pay an average of $31,170 in tuition and fees each year. Mental Health Services majors at Old Dominion take out an average of $27,026 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $202.

In addition to its great value ranking, Old Dominion is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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#9

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

With a ranking of #9, University of Kentucky did quite well on this year’s best value schools for mental & social health services students working on their bachelor’s degree. UK is a very large public school located in the large city of Lexington.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UK are $32,276 per year.

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#10

Union College Kentucky

Barbourville, KY

Union College Kentucky did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for mental & social health services students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the remote town of Barbourville, Union College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Union College undergraduate students pay an average of $30,065 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Mental & Social Health Services Colleges by State

Explore the best mental & social health services schools 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 11 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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