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2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Schools in Alabama

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$17,739 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,427 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mental & Social Health Services School for You

With 143 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, mental and social health services is the #27 most popular major in Alabama.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Schools in Alabama ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in Alabama to see which ones offered the best value programs for mental health services students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Schools in Alabama

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

Best Alabama Schools for Affordable Quality in Mental & Social Health Services

$8,568 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Alabama at Birmingham to be the best value school for mental and social health services students who want to pursue a degree in Alabama. Located in the midsize city of Birmingham, UAB is a public college with a very large student population.

UAB undergraduate students pay an average of $8,568 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UAB did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Schools in Alabama list.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at University of Alabama at Birmingham

#2

University of West Alabama

Livingston, AL
$10,990 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of West Alabama. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Schools in Alabama list. University of West Alabama is a moderately-sized public school located in the rural area of Livingston.

University of West Alabama undergraduate students pay an average of $10,990 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

University of West Alabama did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Schools in Alabama list.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at University of West Alabama Report

#3

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL
$11,620 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means The University of Alabama is a great value for mental and social health services students. UA is a very large public school located in the city of Tuscaloosa.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UA are $11,620 a year.

UA did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Schools in Alabama list.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at The University of Alabama

#4

University of Mobile

Mobile, AL
$24,855 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Mobile landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Mobile, University of Mobile is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

University of Mobile undergraduate students pay an average of $24,855 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Faulkner University

Montgomery, AL
$23,490 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Faulkner University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best mental and social health services schools in Alabama. Faulkner is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Montgomery.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Faulkner are $23,490 per year.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Faulkner University

Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

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

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

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 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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