by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 29,053 people earned their degree in mental and social health services, making the major the 46th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, mental and 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 the New England region, there were 1,975 mental and social health services graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,015 and $26,466 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 291 mental and social health services graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 16 colleges that offer a degree in mental and social health services. That schools that top this list have a program in mental and social health services in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree mental health services students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine at Augusta. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the New England Region. University of Maine at Augusta is a small public school situated in Augusta, Maine. It awarded 63 bachelors’s mental health services degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at University of Maine at Augusta
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Springfield College - School of Professional and Continuing Studies. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the New England Region list. Springfield College - School of Professional and Continuing Studies is a small school located in Springfield, Massachusetts that handed out 13 bachelors’s mental health services degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Worcester State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the New England Region. Located in Worcester, Massachusetts, this medium-sized public school awarded 70 degrees to qualified bachelors’s mental health services students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Worcester State University Mental & Social Health Services Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine at Farmington. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the New England Region. University of Maine at Farmington is a small school located in Farmington, Maine that handed out 19 bachelors’s mental health services degrees in 2020-2021.
Full University of Maine at Farmington Mental & Social Health Services Report
Out of the 16 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Connecticut State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Danbury, Connecticut, this small public school awarded 50 degrees to qualified bachelors’s mental health services students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Western Connecticut State University
Pine Manor College ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the New England Region list. This small school is located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s mental health services degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Pine Manor College
With a ranking of #7, Rhode Island College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the New England Region list. Rhode Island College is a medium-sized school located in Providence, Rhode Island that handed out 23 bachelors’s mental health services degrees in 2020-2021.
Thomas College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the New England Region ranking. Thomas College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Waterville, Maine. It awarded 3 bachelors’s mental health services degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Thomas College
New England College ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the New England Region list. Located in Henniker, New Hampshire, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s mental health services students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Mental & Social Health Services at New England College
Roger Williams University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #10. RWU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bristol, Rhode Island. It awarded 2 bachelors’s mental health services degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.
Full Roger Williams University Mental & Social Health Services Report
Bay Path University ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the New England Region list. Longmeadow, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s mental health services degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Bay Path
With a ranking of #12, Southern New Hampshire University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the New England Region list. SNHU is a large school located in Manchester, New Hampshire that handed out 40 bachelors’s mental health services degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Southern New Hampshire University Mental & Social Health Services Report
Keene State College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #13. Keene State is a small school located in Keene, New Hampshire that handed out 1 bachelors’s mental health services degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Beal College came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the New England Region ranking. This small school is located in Bangor, Maine, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s mental health services degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.
With a ranking of #14, Lesley University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the New England Region list. Lesley is a small school located in Cambridge, Massachusetts that handed out 196 bachelors’s mental health services degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Massachusetts - Lowell did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #14. Located in Lowell, Massachusetts, this fairly large public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s mental health services students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at UMass Lowell
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