2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mental & Social Health Services (Income $30-$48k) in Kentucky

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Mental & Social Health Services is the 49th most popular major in the country with 27,516 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Kentucky, there were 150 mental and social health services graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,400 and $22,791 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 mental and social health services graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,847 and $34,311 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in mental and social health services. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great mental and social health services programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the mental and social health services program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mental & Social Health Services (Income $30-$48k) in Kentucky

#1

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$17,358 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$41,193 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Kentucky University landed the #1 spot on the list. Highland Heights, Kentucky is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s mental health services degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

NKU also made our “Best Mental & Social Health Services Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northern Kentucky University are $17,358, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at NKU

#2

Union College Kentucky

Barbourville, Kentucky

$8,210 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Union College Kentucky landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Barbourville, Kentucky, and it awarded 1 masters’s mental health services degrees in 2019-2020.

Union College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Mental & Social Health Services Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Union College are $8,210, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Union College

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mental & Social Health Services (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mental & Social Health Services (Income $30-$48k)

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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