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. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in Alabama” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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 Alabama, there were 247 mental and social health services graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,427 and $37,110 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 137 mental and social health services graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,476 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in Alabama” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in mental and social health services. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in mental and social health services.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in Alabama” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in Alabama”.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, Amridge University landed the #1 spot on the list. Amridge University is a small school located in Montgomery, Alabama that handed out 11 masters’s mental health services degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Faulkner University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in Alabama list. Faulkner University is located in Montgomery, Alabama and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 31 masters’s mental health services degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Mental & Social Health Services at Faulkner University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of West Alabama. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in Alabama. This medium-sized school is located in Livingston, Alabama, and it awarded 42 masters’s mental health services degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Mental & Social Health Services at University of West Alabama
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Mobile. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in Alabama. Mobile, Alabama 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 4 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at University of Mobile
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in Alabama. Birmingham, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s mental health services degrees to 46 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
The University of Alabama came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Mental Health Services Major in Alabama ranking. Tuscaloosa, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s mental health services degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
