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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

73 Colleges
$12,318 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,028 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 29,053 people earned a degree or certificate in mental and social health services, making the major the #45 most popular in the United States.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor's Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 73 schools in the United States 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.

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

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

2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the United States

Check out the mental health services bachelor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

#1

Seattle Central College

Seattle, WA

Our 2023 rankings named Seattle Central College the best value school in the United States for mental and social health services students working on their bachelor’s degree. Seattle Central is a small public school located in the large city of Seattle.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Seattle Central are $4,670 a year.

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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 and social health services schools in the United States. Located in the fringe town of Orange Beach, Columbia Southern University is a private for-profit school with a large student population.

Columbia Southern University undergraduate students pay an average of $5,775 in tuition and fees each year. On average, mental health services graduates from Columbia Southern University take out $35,885 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

Columbia Southern University 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 Schools list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Metropolitan State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. Metro State is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Saint Paul.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Metro State are $9,394 per year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, mental health services graduates from Metro State carry an average student debtload of $41,138.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Ottawa University - Online is a great value for mental and social health services students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the town of Ottawa, Ottawa University - Online is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Ottawa University - Online undergraduate students pay an average of $12,616 in tuition and fees each year.

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

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#5

Ottawa University - Kansas City

Overland Park, KS

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Ottawa University - Kansas City helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mental and social health services schools in the United States. Ottawa University - Kansas City is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Overland Park.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Ottawa University - Kansas City are $12,869 a year.

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Ottawa University - Phoenix came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools ranking. Ottawa University - Phoenix is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Phoenix.

Ottawa University - Phoenix undergraduate students pay an average of $13,281 in tuition and fees each year.

Ottawa University - Phoenix also claimed a spot on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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With a ranking of #7, Minot State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for mental and social health services students working on their bachelor’s degree. MSU is a small public school located in the town of Minot.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at MSU are $8,163 a year.

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With a ranking of #8, Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for mental and social health services students working on their bachelor’s degree. ENMU - Main Campus is a small public school located in the remote town of Portales.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at ENMU - Main Campus are $8,568 a year. The average amount in student loans that mental health services majors at ENMU - Main Campus take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $18,815.

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Lake Washington Institute of Technology came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools ranking. LWTech is a small public school located in the suburb of Kirkland.

LWTech undergraduate students pay an average of $10,146 in tuition and fees each year.

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Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for mental and social health services students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. MBTS is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Kansas City.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at MBTS are $9,020 a year.

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Honorable Mentions

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top 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
Great Lakes

Mental & Social Health Services is one of 30 different types of programs to choose from.

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 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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