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2024 Best Value Mental Health Services Schools in Alabama

6 Ranked Colleges
247 Degrees Awarded
$15,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Mental Health Services Schools in Alabama

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 in Alabama” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Mental & Social Health Services is the 46th most popular major in the country with 29,053 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, mental & social health services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $39,158 and had an average of $24,907 in loans still to pay off.

Across Alabama, there were 247 mental & social health services graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,427 and $37,110 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Mental Health Services Schools in Alabama” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in mental & social health services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality mental & 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 & social health services program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Mental Health Services Schools in Alabama

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Mental Health Services Schools in Alabama.

Top 6 Best Value Colleges for Mental & Social Health Services in Alabama

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Mental Health Services Schools in Alabama. University of Alabama at Birmingham is a large school located in Birmingham, Alabama that handed out 49 ’s mental health services degrees in 2020-2021.

UAB did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Mental & Social Health Services Schools in Alabama” list. The yearly cost to attend UAB is $16,530 for alabama mental health services students.

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

Full University of Alabama at Birmingham Mental & Social Health Services Report

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University of West Alabama
Livingston, Alabama

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of West Alabama. It ranked #2 on our 2024 Best Value Mental Health Services Schools in Alabama list. University of West Alabama is a medium-sized school located in Livingston, Alabama that handed out 42 ’s mental health services degrees in 2020-2021.

University of West Alabama also took the #2 spot in our “Best Mental & Social Health Services Schools in Alabama” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of West Alabama is $16,747 for Alabama Mental Health Services students.

Read more about Mental & Social Health Services at University of West Alabama

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Gadsden State Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Mental Health Services Schools in Alabama. Located in Gadsden, Alabama, this small public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified ’s mental health services students in 2020-2021.

GSCC also made our “Best Mental & Social Health Services Schools in Alabama” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for Gadsden State Community College is $4,538 for Alabama Mental Health Services students.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at GSCC

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Faulkner University
Montgomery, Alabama

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Mental Health Services Schools in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, Faulkner University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Montgomery, Alabama, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 31 degrees to qualified ’s mental health services students in 2020-2021.

Faulkner did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Mental & Social Health Services Schools in Alabama” list. The estimated yearly cost for Faulkner is $20,500 for Alabama Mental Health Services students.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Faulkner University

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University of Mobile
Mobile, Alabama

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mobile. It ranked #5 on our 2024 Best Value Mental Health Services Schools in Alabama list. Located in Mobile, Alabama, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified ’s mental health services students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Mobile, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Mental & Social Health Services Schools in Alabama” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Mobile is $23,416 for alabama mental health services students.

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

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Columbia Southern University
Orange Beach, Alabama

Columbia Southern University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Mental Health Services Schools in Alabama ranking. Columbia Southern University is a private for-profit institution located in Orange Beach, Alabama. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 96 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Columbia Southern University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Mental & Social Health Services Schools in Alabama” list. The estimated yearly cost for Columbia Southern University is $11,241 for alabama mental health services students.

Read more about Mental & Social Health Services at Columbia Southern University

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