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2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Nebraska

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$3,199 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,728 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree School for You

With 74 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, mental and social health services is the #80 most popular major in Nebraska.

With all the 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. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Nebraska ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Nebraska to see which associate 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.

2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Nebraska

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

Best Nebraska Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Mental & Social Health Services

#1

Central Community College

Grand Island, NE

Our analysis found Central Community College to be the best value school for mental and social health services students who want to pursue a associate degree in Nebraska. Located in the city of Grand Island, Central Community College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Central Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $3,210 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that mental health services majors at Central Community College take out while working on their Associate Degree is $9,869.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Central Community College is ranked #4 for overall quality for mental health services in Nebraska.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Southeast Community College Area is a great value for mental and social health services students working on their associate degree. Southeast Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Lincoln.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Southeast Community College are $3,192 a year. While working on their Associate Degree, mental health services majors at Southeast Community College accumulate an average of around $27,037 in student debt.

Southeast Community College also took the #2 spot in our Best Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Nebraska rankings.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Metropolitan Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mental and social health services schools in Nebraska. MCC is a large public school located in the city of Omaha.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MCC are $3,195 per year. On average, mental health services graduates from MCC take out $10,258 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

MCC also made our Best Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Nebraska list, coming in at #1.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Metropolitan Community College

Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 266
Minnesota 2,487
Kansas 149
Iowa 52
North Dakota 35
South Dakota 145

One of 30 majors within the area of study, mental and social health services has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Mental Health Services

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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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