2024 Best Mental & Social Health Services Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in mental & social health services, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #71 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Mental & Social Health Services Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 47 doctor's degrees in mental & social health services during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Mental & Social Health Services School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of mental & social health services for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality mental health services program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we include a college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on mental & social health services students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of mental & social health services students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for mental & social health services to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized mental & social health services related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for mental & social health services students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Mental & Social Health Services Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Mental & Social Health Services in the Plains States Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in mental & social health services.

Top Plains States Region Schools for a Doctorate in Mental Health Services

1

Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, MO

4 Annual Graduates

Saint Louis University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in mental & social health services. Located in the city of Saint Louis, SLU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in mental & social health services from Saint Louis University

1

Walden University
Minneapolis, MN

27 Annual Graduates

Walden University is a good choice for students interested in a doctor's degree in mental & social health services. Walden University is a fairly large private for-profit university located in the large city of Minneapolis.More information about a doctorate in mental & social health services from Walden University

2

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Kansas City, MO

5 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in mental & social health services. Located in the city of Kansas City, MBTS is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.More information about a doctorate in mental & social health services from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

3

Capella University
Minneapolis, MN

9 Annual Graduates

Capella University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in mental & social health services. Capella University is a fairly large private for-profit university located in the large city of Minneapolis.More information about a doctorate in mental & social health services from Capella University

Best Mental & Social Health Services Colleges by State

Explore the best mental & social health services colleges for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	122	9
Minnesota	120	36
Iowa	110	2
North Dakota	68	0

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Mental & Social Health Services Related Rankings by Major

Mental & Social Health Services is one of 34 different types of Health Professions programs to choose from.

Mental Health Services Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Other Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions	27
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	9
Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling	5
Medical Family Therapy/Therapist	4
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling	2

Majors Similar to Mental Health Services

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Medicine	2,453
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	1,891
Nursing	1,518
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	1,279
Chiropractic	1,114
Dentistry	559
Public Health	247
Health & Medical Administrative Services	130
Communication Sciences	129
Health Sciences & Services	92

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.