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2023 Most Popular Mental & Social Health Services Schools in the Southwest Region

46 Colleges
$38,576 Avg Salary
$21,151 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Mental & Social Health Services 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Mental & Social Health Services Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 46 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones were the most popular 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Mental & Social Health Services Colleges.

#1

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

Our analysis found Grand Canyon University to be the most popular school for mental and social health services students who want to pursue a degree in the Southwest Region . Located in the large city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means New Mexico Highlands University is a great place for mental and social health services students. New Mexico Highlands University is a small public school located in the remote town of Las Vegas.

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The excellent programs at The University of Texas at San Antonio helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best mental and social health services schools in the Southwest Region . UTSA is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Antonio.

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#4

Lamar University

Beaumont, TX

The excellent programs at Lamar University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best mental and social health services schools in the Southwest Region . Lamar University is a large public school located in the city of Beaumont.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Phoenix - Arizona is a great place for mental and social health services students. Located in the large city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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Texas Woman’s University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for mental and social health services students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Denton, TWU is a public school with a large student population.

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Southern Methodist University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for mental and social health services students. It came in at #7 on the list. SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Dallas.

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With a ranking of #8, Saint Edward’s University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for mental and social health services students. Located in the city of Austin, St. Edward's University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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University of Houston - Clear Lake landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular mental and social health services programs. UH Clear Lake is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Houston.

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#10

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for mental and social health services students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public college with a very large student population.

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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 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 25 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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