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2022 Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

8 Ranked Colleges
706 Degrees Awarded
$10,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 27,516 people earned their degree in mental and social health services, making the major the 49th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, mental and social health services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $36,724 and had an average of $46,468 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 4,087 mental and social health services graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,583 and $40,853 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 706 mental and social health services graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in mental and social health services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality mental and social health services programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the mental and social health services program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree mental health services students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mental & Social Health Services (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley landed the #1 spot on the list. UT Rio Grande Valley is a large public school situated in Edinburg, Texas. It awarded 5 bachelors’s mental health services degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Rio Grande Valley did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is $3,473 for southwest region bachelor’s degree mental health services students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Texas A&M College Station is a large school located in College Station, Texas that handed out 77 bachelors’s mental health services degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Texas A&M University - College Station is $13,270 for southwest region bachelor’s degree mental health services students whose families make $30-$48k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Texas A&M University - College Station Mental & Social Health Services Report

#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 137 bachelors’s mental health services degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Arizona is $11,466 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Mental Health Services students whose families make $30-$48k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at University of Arizona

#4

New Mexico Highlands University

Las Vegas, New Mexico

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico Highlands University landed the #4 spot on the list. Las Vegas, New Mexico is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s mental health services degrees to 84 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at New Mexico Highlands University, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $9,126 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Mental Health Services students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend New Mexico Highlands University.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at New Mexico Highlands University

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. ENMU - Main Campus is a medium-sized public school situated in Portales, New Mexico. It awarded 50 bachelors’s mental health services degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree mental health services students whose families make $30-$48k list, ENMU - Main Campus has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus is $8,219 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Mental Health Services students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus

#6 in overall quality

New Mexico State University - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Las Cruces, New Mexico is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s mental health services degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

NMSU Main Campus also took the #6 spot in our “Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $7,006 for southwest region bachelor’s degree mental health services students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

Read more about Mental & Social Health Services at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

#7

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona

Grand Canyon University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit institution located in Phoenix, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 319 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree mental health services students whose families make $30-$48k list, Grand Canyon University has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Grand Canyon University is $18,704 for southwest region bachelor’s degree mental health services students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Grand Canyon University

#8

Western New Mexico University

Silver City, New Mexico

Western New Mexico University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This small school is located in Silver City, New Mexico, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s mental health services degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree mental health services students whose families make $30-$48k list, Western New Mexico University has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Western New Mexico University is $11,773 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Mental Health Services students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Western New Mexico University

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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