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2023 Most Popular Mental & Social Health Services Doctor's Degree Schools

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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. 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 Most Popular Mental & Social Health Services Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 57 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Mental & Social Health Services program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for mental health services majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

#2

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, FL

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Nova Southeastern University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular mental and social health services schools in the United States. NUS Florida is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Fort Lauderdale.

Women make up 92% of the mental health services majors at the school.

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#3

Northcentral University

San Diego, CA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Northcentral University is a great place for mental and social health services students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of San Diego, Northcentral University is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Women make up 76% of the mental health services majors at the school.

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Out of the 57 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Woman’s University landed the # 4 spot on the list. TWU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Denton.

Of the 15 students majoring in mental health services at TWU, 13% are male and 87% are female.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Alliant International University is a great place for mental and social health services students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of San Diego, Alliant is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 75% of the mental health services majors at the school.

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Out of the 57 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisiana at Monroe landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Monroe, ULM is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 12 students majoring in mental health services at ULM, 58% are male and 42% are female.

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University of Akron Main Campus landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree mental and social health services programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Akron, University of Akron Main Campus is a public school with a large student population.

Women make up 80% of the mental health services majors at the school.

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Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree mental and social health services programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 10 students majoring in mental health services at ASU - Tempe, 20% are male and 80% are female.

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#9

Lesley University

Cambridge, MA

Lesley University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for mental and social health services students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Cambridge, Lesley is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

About 89% of the students majoring in mental health services at the school are women while 11% are male.

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#9

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Johns Hopkins University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree mental and social health services programs. Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Baltimore.

Women make up 78% of the mental health services majors at the school.

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Mental & Social Health Services by Region

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New England
Rocky Mountains
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Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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 31 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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