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2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$21,936 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,249 Avg Salary

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

Mental & Social Health Services is the #20 most popular major in the country with 16,815 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Southeast Region to see which doctor's 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 Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best Southeast Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Mental & Social Health Services

Our 2023 rankings named University of Louisiana at Monroe the best value school in the Southeast Region for mental and social health services students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Monroe, ULM is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

ULM graduate students pay an average of $21,877 in tuition and fees each year.

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

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#2

Marymount University

Arlington, VA

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Marymount 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 Southeast Region . Marymount is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Arlington.

Marymount graduate students pay an average of $21,016 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend East Carolina University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. ECU is a very large public school located in the city of Greenville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at ECU are $20,743 per year.

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#4

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Florida State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tallahassee.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Florida State are $26,707 a year.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at Florida State University Report

#5

Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, FL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Atlantic University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Boca Raton, FAU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at FAU are $18,482 per year.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at Florida Atlantic University Report

#6

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Nova Southeastern University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. NUS Florida is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Fort Lauderdale.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NUS Florida are $22,790 a year.

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Best Mental & Social Health Services Colleges by State

Explore the best mental and social health services schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 1,249
Florida 1,034
Georgia 142
North Carolina 310
Tennessee 215
Kentucky 168
Louisiana 87
Alabama 143
South Carolina 59
Mississippi 35
Arkansas 156
West Virginia 23

Mental & Social Health Services is one of 29 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Mental Health Services

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 6 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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