2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mental & Social Health Services in the Southeast Region
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 the Southeast region, there were 6,291 mental and social health services graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,814 and $45,864 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 958 mental and social health services graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 12 colleges that offer a degree in mental and social health services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent mental and social health services programs, but they also cost less that 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 Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree mental health services students.
Top 12 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Mental & Social Health Services in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of the Cumberlands. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. University of the Cumberlands is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Williamsburg, Kentucky. It awarded 32 bachelors’s mental health services degrees in 2019-2020.
Cumberlands also made our “Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $16,894 for southeast region bachelor’s degree mental health services students per year to attend University of the Cumberlands.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Arkansas. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Conway, Arkansas, this fairly large public school handed out 66 degrees to qualified bachelors’s mental health services students in 2019-2020.
UCA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UCA is $15,376 for southeast region bachelor’s degree mental health services students.
Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at University of Central Arkansas
Out of the 12 schools in the Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Johnson University landed the #3 spot on the list. Johnson University is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s mental health services degrees to qualified students.
Johnson University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Johnson University is $18,915 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Mental Health Services students.
The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full Johnson University Mental & Social Health Services Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend James Madison University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. This large school is located in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and it awarded 469 bachelors’s mental health services degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree mental health services students list, JMU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for JMU is $22,169 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Mental Health Services students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of West Florida. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. UWF is a fairly large school located in Pensacola, Florida that handed out 6 bachelors’s mental health services degrees in 2019-2020.
UWF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UWF is $7,406 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Mental Health Services students.
With a ranking of #6, Northern Kentucky University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Highland Heights, Kentucky, this fairly large public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s mental health services students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree mental health services students list, NKU has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend NKU is $9,049 for southeast region bachelor’s degree mental health services students.
Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Northern Kentucky University
Northwestern State University of Louisiana ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Natchitoches, Louisiana, this fairly large public school handed out 23 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s mental health services students in 2019-2020.
NSU also took the #8 spot in our “Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Northwestern State University of Louisiana is $12,866 for southeast region bachelor’s degree mental health services students.
Old Dominion University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Norfolk, Virginia, this large public school handed out 206 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s mental health services students in 2019-2020.
Old Dominion did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Old Dominion University is $16,493 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Mental Health Services students.
Full Old Dominion University Mental & Social Health Services Report
Southern University at New Orleans did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #9. SUNO is a small school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 1 bachelors’s mental health services degrees in 2019-2020.
SUNO not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #11 on our “Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $7,632 for southeast region bachelor’s degree mental health services students per year to attend Southern University at New Orleans.
Full Southern University at New Orleans Mental & Social Health Services Report
Union College Kentucky landed the #10 spot on the 2022 Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Union College Kentucky is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Barbourville, Kentucky. It awarded 10 bachelors’s mental health services degrees in 2019-2020.
Union College also took the #10 spot in our “Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Union College is $21,771 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Mental Health Services students.
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Columbia Southern University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #11. This fairly large school is located in Orange Beach, Alabama, and it awarded 111 bachelors’s mental health services degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Columbia Southern University, the school also landed the #12 spot in our “Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $10,368 for southeast region bachelor’s degree mental health services students per year to attend Columbia Southern University.
Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Columbia Southern University
With a ranking of #12, Methodist University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Methodist is located in Fayetteville, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s mental health services degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree mental health services students list, Methodist has also earned the #9 rank in our “Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $32,906 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Mental Health Services students per year to attend Methodist.
Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Full Methodist University Mental & Social Health Services Report
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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%.
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- *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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