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2023 Most Popular Mental & Social Health Services Doctor's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Mental & Social Health Services Doctor'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 Most Popular Mental & Social Health Services Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 57 schools in the United States to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Mental & Social Health Services program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for mental health services majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

#2

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, FL

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Nova Southeastern University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular mental and social health services schools in the United States. Located in the suburb of Fort Lauderdale, NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Women make up 92% of the mental health services majors at the school.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at Nova Southeastern University Report

#3

Northcentral University

San Diego, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northcentral University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Mental & Social Health Services Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Northcentral University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Diego.

Women make up 76% of the mental health services majors at the school.

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Out of the 57 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Woman’s University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, TWU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 15 students majoring in mental health services at TWU, 13% are male and 87% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alliant International University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Mental & Social Health Services Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Alliant is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of San Diego.

Women make up 75% of the mental health services majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Louisiana at Monroe. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Mental & Social Health Services Doctor’s Degree Schools list. ULM is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Monroe.

Of the 12 students majoring in mental health services at ULM, 58% are male and 42% are female.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at University of Louisiana at Monroe Report

Arizona State University - Tempe came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Mental & Social Health Services Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the city of Tempe.

Of the 10 students majoring in mental health services at ASU - Tempe, 20% are male and 80% are female.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at Arizona State University - Tempe Report

University of Akron Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for mental and social health services students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. University of Akron Main Campus is a large public school located in the city of Akron.

Women make up 80% of the mental health services majors at the school.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at University of Akron Main Campus Report

Institute for Clinical Social Work did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for mental and social health services students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. ICSW is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

Of the 9 students majoring in mental health services at ICSW, 11% are male and 89% are female.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Institute for Clinical Social Work

#9

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Johns Hopkins University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for mental and social health services students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Women make up 78% of the mental health services majors at the school.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Johns Hopkins University

Mental & Social Health Services by Region

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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 31 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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