by our College Data Analytics Team
[Mental Social Health Services](/majors/health-care-professions/mental-social-health-services/) graduates earn very different salaries depending on where they study. The highest-paying schools turn a mental social health services degree into the strongest early-career earnings.
To produce this 2026 ranking, College Factual evaluated 4 schools on the early-career earnings of their mental social health services graduates.
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If you want to know which schools send mental social health services graduates into the highest-paying careers, see the list below.
For graduate earnings in mental social health services, no school beat Trevecca Nazarene University this year. Trevecca Nazarene University is a private not-for-profit school located in the city of Nashville. Students who complete the mental social health services program here go on to a median salary of roughly $75,951.
Students chasing top earnings in mental social health services will find them at Carson Newman College, which ranked #2. Set in the suburb of Jefferson City, Carson Newman College is a private not-for-profit institution. Mental Social Health Services graduates of Carson Newman College earn a median of about $42,054 a year early in their careers.
Lipscomb University produces some of the highest-paid graduates in mental social health services, landing the #3 spot this year. Set in the city of Nashville, Lipscomb University is a private not-for-profit institution. Mental Social Health Services graduates of Lipscomb University earn a median of about $48,209 a year early in their careers.
Southwest Tennessee Community College came in at #4 on our 2026 list of the highest-paying mental social health services schools. Located in the city of Memphis, Southwest Tennessee Community College is a public institution. Mental Social Health Services graduates of Southwest Tennessee Community College earn a median of about $18,739 a year early in their careers.
This list is compiled by College Factual, 2026 edition. Schools are ranked on the median early-career earnings of their mental social health services graduates, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard field-of-study earnings and IPEDS).
Ranking method: College Major Earnings · 4 schools evaluated.
*Salary figures reflect median early-career earnings (about 5 years after graduation) and may vary by how long a person takes to complete their degree.
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