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Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

27 Colleges
$17,095 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$42,549 Avg Salary

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

Mental & Social Health Services is the #45 most popular major in the country with 29,053 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 27 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for mental health services students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Minnesota State University - Mankato the best value school in the Plains States Region for mental and social health services students working on their master’s degree. Minnesota State Mankato is a large public school located in the small city of Mankato.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Minnesota State Mankato are $9,308 per year.

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#2

Bethel University Minnesota

Saint Paul, MN

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Bethel University Minnesota is a great value for mental and social health services students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Saint Paul, Bethel University Minnesota is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Bethel University Minnesota are $11,700 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Bethel University Minnesota is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Ottawa University - Online helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mental and social health services schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the distant town of Ottawa, Ottawa University - Online is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Ottawa University - Online graduate students pay an average of $11,893 in tuition and fees each year.

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

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SMU MN are $10,890 per year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mental and social health services schools in the Plains States Region . MBTS is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Kansas City.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at MBTS are $6,950 a year.

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Metropolitan State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Metro State is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Saint Paul.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Metro State are $10,237 a year.

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#7

Lindenwood University

Saint Charles, MO

Lindenwood University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Lindenwood University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Saint Charles.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Lindenwood University are $9,784 a year.

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#9

University of Mary

Bismarck, ND

University of Mary ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the rural area of Bismarck, UMary is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

UMary graduate students pay an average of $13,304 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UMary is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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#10

Winona State University

Winona, MN

With a ranking of #10, Winona State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for mental and social health services students working on their master’s degree. Winona State is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Winona.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Winona State are $12,836 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Winona State also did well on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Best Mental & Social Health Services Colleges by State

Explore the best mental and social health services colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 266
Minnesota 2,487
Kansas 149
Iowa 52
Nebraska 74
North Dakota 35
South Dakota 145

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

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).

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