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 has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Southwest region, there were 4,166 mental and social health services graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,576 and $21,151 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 788 mental and social health services graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 13 colleges that offer a degree in mental and social health services. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their mental and social health services program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree mental health services students.
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico Highlands University landed the #1 spot on the list. New Mexico Highlands University is a small public school situated in Las Vegas, New Mexico. It awarded 81 bachelors’s mental health services degrees in 2020-2021.
Full New Mexico Highlands University Mental & Social Health Services Report
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s mental health services degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Mental & Social Health Services at MD Anderson
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the Southwest Region. Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus is located in Portales, New Mexico and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 36 bachelors’s mental health services degrees to qualified students.
Full Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus Mental & Social Health Services Report
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern Assemblies of God University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Waxahachie, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s mental health services students in 2020-2021.
Full Southwestern Assemblies of God University Mental & Social Health Services Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ottawa University - Phoenix. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the Southwest Region. Ottawa University - Phoenix is a small school located in Phoenix, Arizona that handed out 6 bachelors’s mental health services degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Full Ottawa University - Phoenix Mental & Social Health Services Report
With a ranking of #6, Grand Canyon University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Phoenix, Arizona, this large private for-profit school handed out 426 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s mental health services students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Grand Canyon University Mental & Social Health Services Report
University of Arizona came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Arizona is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 130 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Mental & Social Health Services at University of Arizona
New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the Southwest Region ranking. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Las Cruces, New Mexico that handed out 17 bachelors’s mental health services degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Mental & Social Health Services at NMSU Main Campus
Western New Mexico University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Western New Mexico University is located in Silver City, New Mexico and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s mental health services degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Western New Mexico University
With a ranking of #10, Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M University - College Station is a large public school situated in College Station, Texas. It awarded 58 bachelors’s mental health services degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Texas A&M University - College Station Mental & Social Health Services Report
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Edinburg, Texas, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s mental health services degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
MSU Texas did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #12. MSU Texas is located in Wichita Falls, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s mental health services degrees to qualified students.
University of North Texas came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the Southwest Region ranking. UNT is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at University of North Texas
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