2024 Best Mental & Social Health Services Master's Degree Schools in Minnesota

If you pursue a master's degree in mental & social health services, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #16 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual reviewed 8 schools in Minnesota to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of mental & social health services. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,608 master'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 Master's Degree

The mental health services master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality mental health services program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we include a college's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

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 - How many other mental & social health services students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• 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 much debt mental & social health services students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized mental & social health services related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for mental & social health services students working on their master'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 Master's Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Mental & Social Health Services in Minnesota

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

Top Minnesota Schools for a Master's in Mental Health Services

1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN

41 Annual Graduates

$54,096 Median Starting Salary

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a great decision for students interested in a master's degree in mental & social health services. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public university located in the city of Minneapolis.

Master's recipients from the mental & social health services major at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities make $8,070 above the typical graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.

More information about a master’s in mental & social health services from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

2

Capella University
Minneapolis, MN

871 Annual Graduates

$45,453 Median Starting Salary

Capella University is a good decision for students pursuing a master's degree in mental & social health services. Capella University is a fairly large private for-profit university located in the large city of Minneapolis.

Students who graduate with their master's from the mental health services program state that they receive average early career income of $45,453.

More information about a master’s in mental & social health services from Capella University

3

Winona State University
Winona, MN

48 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Winona State University if you want to pursue a master's degree in mental & social health services. Located in the town of Winona, Winona State is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a master’s in mental & social health services from Winona State University

3

Walden University
Minneapolis, MN

486 Annual Graduates

$42,159 Median Starting Salary

It is difficult to beat Walden University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in mental & social health services. Walden University is a fairly large private for-profit university located in the large city of Minneapolis.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the mental health services program make around $42,159 in the first couple years of working.

More information about a master’s in mental & social health services from Walden University

4

Bethel University Minnesota
Saint Paul, MN

21 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Bethel University Minnesota if you wish to pursue a master's degree in mental & social health services. Bethel University Minnesota is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Saint Paul.More information about a master’s in mental & social health services from Bethel University Minnesota

5

Minnesota State University - Mankato
Mankato, MN

31 Annual Graduates

Minnesota State Mankato is a large public university located in the small city of Mankato.More information about a master’s in mental & social health services from Minnesota State University - Mankato

6

Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
Winona, MN

42 Annual Graduates

$41,874 Median Starting Salary

SMU MN is a small private not-for-profit university located in the distant town of Winona.

Soon after graduating, mental health services master's recipients typically make an average of $41,874 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a master’s in mental & social health services from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota

7

Saint Cloud State University
Saint Cloud, MN

10 Annual Graduates

$42,710 Median Starting Salary

Located in the small city of Saint Cloud, St. Cloud State University is a public university with a large student population.

After graduation, mental health services master's recipients generally earn an average of $42,710 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a master’s in mental & social health services from Saint Cloud State University

8

Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School of Addiction Studies
Center City, MN

49 Annual Graduates

$52,906 Median Starting Salary

Graduate School of Addiction Studies is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Center City.

Those mental & social health services students who get their master's degree from Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School of Addiction Studies make $6,880 more than the average mental health services grad.

More information about a master’s in mental & social health services from Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School of Addiction Studies

Best Mental & Social Health Services Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Mental & Social Health Services Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	193	232
Iowa	154	49
Kansas	149	79
Nebraska	123	9
North Dakota	115	28
South Dakota	89	85

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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
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	958
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling	306
Clinical/Medical Social Work	247
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	97

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	5,092
Health & Medical Administrative Services	989
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	519
Public Health	446
Medical Illustration & Informatics	196
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	194
Allied Health Professions	158
Communication Sciences	147
Alternative Medicine & Systems	55
Medical Science	37

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.