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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$23,471 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,249 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mental & Social Health Services Doctor's Degree 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.

The Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Southwest 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Texas Woman’s University the best value school in the Southwest Region for mental and social health services students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Denton, TWU is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at TWU are $15,048 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UTHealth is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Houston.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UTHealth are $34,558 a year.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

#3

St. Mary's University

San Antonio, TX

Out of the 4 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, St. Mary’s University landed the # 3 spot on the list. St. Mary's is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Antonio.

St. Mary’s graduate students pay an average of $19,846 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at St. Mary’s University

Out of the 4 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 very large public school located in the city of Tempe.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at ASU - Tempe are $24,432 a year.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Arizona State University - Tempe

Best Mental & Social Health Services Colleges by State

Explore the best mental and social health services schools 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 4 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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