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2023 Most Popular Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

29 Colleges
$45,300 Avg Salary
$24,250 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate 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 Most Popular Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 29 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate 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 graduate certificate.

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

Our 2023 rankings named University of Kentucky the most popular school in the Southeast Region for mental and social health services students working on their graduate certificate. UK is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lexington.

About 90% of the students majoring in mental health services at the school are women while 10% are male.

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#2

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. UGA is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Athens.

About 80% of the students majoring in mental health services at the school are women while 20% are male.

Mental Health Services majors at UGA take out an average of $22,517 in student loans while working on their Graduate Certificate.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at University of Georgia Report

#3

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means East Carolina University is a great place for mental and social health services students working on their graduate certificate. ECU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Greenville.

About 93% of the students majoring in mental health services at the school are women while 7% are male.

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#4

Lindsey Wilson College

Columbia, KY

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Lindsey Wilson College is a great place for mental and social health services students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of Columbia, Lindsey Wilson College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Of the 38 students majoring in mental health services at Lindsey Wilson College, 21% are male and 79% are female.

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#5

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

Out of the 29 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 81% of the students majoring in mental health services at the school are women while 19% are male.

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#6

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

Liberty University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for mental and social health services students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Liberty University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Lynchburg.

Women make up 70% of the mental health services majors at the school.

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Arkansas State University - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. A-State is a large public school located in the small city of Jonesboro.

About 88% of the students majoring in mental health services at the school are women while 12% are male.

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#8

Marshall University

Huntington, WV

Marshall University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Huntington, Marshall University is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 23 students majoring in mental health services at Marshall University, 13% are male and 87% are female.

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Western Carolina University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for mental and social health services students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the town of Cullowhee, WCU is a public school with a large student population.

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

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University of South Carolina - Columbia came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. UofSC is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.

About 74% of the students majoring in mental health services at the school are women while 26% are male.

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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 29 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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