by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Doctorate Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the Southeast 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 Southeast region, there were 6,611 mental and social health services graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,015 and $23,266 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 55 mental and social health services graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,087 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 11 colleges that offered 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the Southeast Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree mental health services students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Amridge University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the Southeast Region. Montgomery, Alabama is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s mental health services degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisiana at Monroe landed the #2 spot on the list. ULM is a medium-sized public school situated in Monroe, Louisiana. It awarded 12 doctorate’s mental health services degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nova Southeastern University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and it awarded 25 doctorate’s mental health services degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Marymount University landed the #4 spot on the list. Marymount University is a small school located in Arlington, Virginia that handed out 1 doctorate’s mental health services degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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 Marymount University Mental & Social Health Services Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Carolina University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the Southeast Region list. Greenville, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s mental health services degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
Florida State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Florida State is a large school located in Tallahassee, Florida that handed out 5 doctorate’s mental health services degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Florida State
Florida Atlantic University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This large school is located in Boca Raton, Florida, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s mental health services degrees 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%.
University of Florida came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Gainesville, Florida, this large public school awarded 62 degrees to qualified doctorate’s mental health services students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at University of Florida
University of Holy Cross did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #8. New Orleans, Louisiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s mental health services degrees to 29 students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at University of Holy Cross
Lee University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Lee University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Cleveland, Tennessee. It awarded 23 doctorate’s mental health services degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.
Mercer University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in the Southeast Region list. Mercer University is located in Macon, Georgia and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 23 doctorate’s mental health services degrees to qualified students.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Mercer
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