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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$12,708 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. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Plains States 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 Plains States 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 Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Mental & Social Health Services

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. 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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#3

Mount Mercy University

Cedar Rapids, IA

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Mount Mercy University 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 medium-sized city of Cedar Rapids, Mount Mercy is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mount Mercy are $11,176 per year.

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#4

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Out of the 5 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Capella University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Capella University graduate students pay an average of $14,784 in tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, MO

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Saint Louis University is a great value for mental and social health services students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Saint Louis, SLU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SLU are $22,614 a year.

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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 241
Minnesota 2,340
Iowa 51
Kansas 102
Nebraska 9
North Dakota 29
South Dakota 89

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 5 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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