2024 Best Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Connecticut
If you plan on getting your associate degree in
mental & social health services, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #37 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 6 schools in Connecticut to determine which ones were the best for associate degree seekers in the field of mental & social health services. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 125 associate degrees in mental & social health services during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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Choosing a Great Mental & Social Health Services School for Your Associate Degree
The mental health services associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Early-Career Earnings
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their associate degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their associate degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
- Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to mental & social health services students as compared to other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other mental & social health services students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
- Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
- Student Debt - How much debt mental & social health services students go into to obtain their associate degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized mental & social health services related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for mental & social health services students working on their associate degree.
More Ways to Rank Mental & Social Health Services Schools
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Connecticut list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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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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MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling
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