by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in Maryland” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 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 Maryland, there were 632 mental and social health services graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,680 and $19,409 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 214 mental and social health services graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,303 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in Maryland” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in Maryland”.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Coppin State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 14 masters’s mental health services degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Coppin State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hood College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in Maryland list. Frederick, Maryland is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s mental health services degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - Baltimore. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in Maryland list. This medium-sized school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 58 masters’s mental health services degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bowie State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in Maryland list. Bowie State University is located in Bowie, Maryland and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 23 masters’s mental health services degrees to qualified students.
Full Bowie State University Mental & Social Health Services Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Johns Hopkins University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in Maryland. Johns Hopkins University is a large school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 92 masters’s mental health services degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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 Johns Hopkins University Mental & Social Health Services Report
University of Maryland - College Park ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in Maryland list. College Park, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s mental health services degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of Maryland - College Park Mental & Social Health Services Report
Loyola University Maryland landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in Maryland ranking. Loyola University Maryland is a private not-for-profit institution located in Baltimore, Maryland. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Loyola University Maryland Mental & Social Health Services Report
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