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Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Mexico

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$7,270 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,158 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor's Degree School for You

With 197 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, mental & social health services is the #12 most popular major in New Mexico.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Mexico ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in New Mexico 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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico

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

Best New Mexico Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Mental & Social Health Services

#1

Western New Mexico University

Silver City, NM

Our 2023 rankings named Western New Mexico University the best value school in New Mexico for mental & social health services students working on their bachelor’s degree. Western New Mexico University is a small public school located in the remote town of Silver City.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Western New Mexico University are $7,657 a year.

Western New Mexico University also took the #2 spot in our Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in New Mexico rankings.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at Western New Mexico University Report

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mental & social health services schools in New Mexico. ENMU - Main Campus is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Portales.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at ENMU - Main Campus are $6,738 a year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, mental health services majors at ENMU - Main Campus accumulate an average of around $18,052 in student debt.

ENMU - Main Campus did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in New Mexico list.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus Report

Out of the 4 schools in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico Highlands University landed the # 3 spot on the list. New Mexico Highlands University is a small public school located in the remote town of Las Vegas.

New Mexico Highlands University undergraduate students pay an average of $7,140 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, mental health services graduates from New Mexico Highlands University take out $14,446 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico list. Located in the suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public school with a large student population.

NMSU Main Campus undergraduate students pay an average of $7,543 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

NMSU Main Campus did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in New Mexico list.

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Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 744
Texas 702
Oklahoma 28

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

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 4 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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