2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mental & Social Health Services in South Carolina

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 South Carolina” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 South Carolina, there were 82 mental and social health services graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,050 and $55,844 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 54 mental and social health services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina” ranking, we looked at 2 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The mental health services school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina”.

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Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mental & Social Health Services in South Carolina

#1

Converse College

Spartanburg, South Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$9,021 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$30,988 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Converse College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina. This small school is located in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and it awarded 16 masters’s mental health services degrees in 2019-2020.

Converse also took the #1 spot in our “Best Mental & Social Health Services Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Converse are $9,021.

Full Converse College Mental & Social Health Services Report

#2

South University, Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$16,320 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$36,248 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South University, Columbia. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina list. This small school is located in Columbia, South Carolina, and it awarded 38 masters’s mental health services degrees in 2019-2020.

South University, Columbia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Mental & Social Health Services Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at South University, Columbia are $16,320.

Read more about Mental & Social Health Services at South University, Columbia

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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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