2021 Best Mental & Social Health Services Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region
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$27,742Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Mental & Social Health Services Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Mental & Social Health Services Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in mental health services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent mental & social health services programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the mental & social health services program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
More Ways to Rank Mental & Social Health Services Schools
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 Best Mental Health Services Schools for Non-Traditional Students list to help you make the college decision.
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Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
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James Madison University tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Southeast Region that are best for non-traditional mental & social health services students. Located in the small city of Harrisonburg, JMU is a public college with a fairly large student population. JMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Colleges for Mental & Social Health Services in the Southeast Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 6,740 students take at least one class online at JMU. 2,328 of JMU students are attending part time.
Old Dominion University landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best mental & social health services schools for non-traditional students. Old Dominion is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Norfolk. Old Dominion did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Colleges for Mental & Social Health Services in the Southeast Region list.
About 1.7% of Old Dominion students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 9,358 of Old Dominion students are exclusively distance learners. About 7,868 of the students at Old Dominion are attending part time.
University of Central Arkansas landed the #3 spot in our 2021 best mental & social health services schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Conway, UCA is a public school with a moderately-sized student population. UCA also took the #4 spot in our Best Colleges for Mental & Social Health Services in the Southeast Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. Approximately 3,405 students take at least one class online at UCA. There are roughly 2,534 part time students in attendance at UCA.
Northwestern State University of Louisiana comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Located in the town of Natchitoches, NSU is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. NSU also made our Best Colleges for Mental & Social Health Services in the Southeast Region list, coming in at #5.
The student loan default rate at NSU is lower than is typical, just 3.8% of students default in three years. 5,928 students at NSU are exclusively online. 4,844 of NSU students are attending part time.
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Non-Traditional Student Rankings in Majors Related to Mental Health Services
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 4 schools only.
References
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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