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2023 Best Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

7 Colleges
$45,300 Avg Salary
$24,250 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, mental and social health services was ranked #20 in the country. In fact 16,815 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top Southwest Region Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Mental & Social Health Services

Our analysis found Abilene Christian University to be the best school for mental and social health services students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southwest Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Abilene, Abilene Christian is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#2

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

Out of the 7 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Canyon University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Arizona State University - Skysong helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best mental and social health services schools in the Southwest Region . ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Scottsdale.

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Out of the 7 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the # 4 spot on the list. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tempe.

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Out of the 7 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Houston Baptist University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Houston, HBU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate mental and social health services programs. UTSA is a very large public school located in the large city of San Antonio.

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New Mexico Highlands University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for mental and social health services students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. New Mexico Highlands University is a small public school located in the town of Las Vegas.

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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 Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 831
Arizona 1,466
Oklahoma 35
New Mexico 163

One of 29 majors within the area of study, mental and social health services has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 66,964
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 7 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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