2025 Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor's Degree Schools

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in mental & social health services, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #101 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 42 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor's Degree Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 2,853 bachelor's degrees in mental & social health services during the <nil> academic year.

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Choosing a Great Mental & Social Health Services School for Your Bachelor's Degree

The mental health services bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality mental health services program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we include a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on mental & social health services students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other mental & social health services students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt mental & social health services students go into to obtain their bachelor's 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 bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor's Degree Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Mental & Social Health Services in the United States

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in mental & social health services.

10 Top Schools for a Bachelor's in Mental Health Services

1

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

63 Annual Graduates

$58,269 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in mental & social health services needs to take a look at University of Pennsylvania. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Philadelphia.

Mental & Social Health Services bachelor's degree recipients from University of Pennsylvania get an earnings boost of about $19,500 over the average income of mental & social health services majors.

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2

Seattle Central College
Seattle, WA

22 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in mental & social health services has to look into Seattle Central College. Located in the large city of Seattle, Seattle Central is a public college with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in mental & social health services from Seattle Central College

3

James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA

415 Annual Graduates

$33,971 Median Starting Salary

$37,076 Median Student Debt

It's hard to beat James Madison University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in mental & social health services. Located in the city of Harrisonburg, JMU is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the mental health services program state that they receive average early career income of $33,971.

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4

Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ

553 Annual Graduates

$37,693 Median Starting Salary

$14,300 Median Student Debt

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in mental & social health services needs to look into Grand Canyon University. Grand Canyon University is a very large private for-profit university located in the large city of Phoenix.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the mental health services program earn around $37,693 in their early career salary.

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5

Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA

23 Annual Graduates

$41,891 Median Starting Salary

Drexel is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Philadelphia.

Mental & Social Health Services bachelor's degree recipients from Drexel University get an earnings boost of about $3,122 over the typical income of mental & social health services majors.

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6

University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

114 Annual Graduates

$37,992 Median Starting Salary

$37,736 Median Student Debt

University of Arizona is a very large public university located in the large city of Tucson.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the mental health services program state that they receive average early career income of $37,992.

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7

Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX

56 Annual Graduates

$34,671 Median Starting Salary

$26,169 Median Student Debt

Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of College Station.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the mental health services program state that they receive average early career wages of $34,671.

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8

University of South Dakota
Vermillion, SD

54 Annual Graduates

$41,191 Median Starting Salary

$13,425 Median Student Debt

USD is a medium-sized public university located in the distant town of Vermillion.

Bachelor's recipients from the mental & social health services major at University of South Dakota get $2,422 more than the standard college grad with the same degree when they enter the workforce.

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9

Minnesota State University - Mankato
Mankato, MN

57 Annual Graduates

$46,691 Median Starting Salary

Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Mankato.

Those mental & social health services students who get their bachelor's degree from Minnesota State University - Mankato earn $7,922 more than the average mental health services student.

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10

Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA

156 Annual Graduates

$37,645 Median Starting Salary

$17,009 Median Student Debt

Old Dominion is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Norfolk.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the mental health services program report average early career wages of $37,645.

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Mental & Social Health Services by Region

View the Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Mental & Social Health Services Related Rankings by Major

Mental & Social Health Services is one of 34 different types of Health Professions programs to choose from.

Mental Health Services Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling	1,259
Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician	614
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	415
Other Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions	358
Clinical/Medical Social Work	157
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	46
Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling	3
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling	1

Majors Similar to Mental Health Services

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	153,413
Health Sciences & Services	19,276
Public Health	19,225
Health & Medical Administrative Services	17,004
Communication Sciences	11,325
Allied Health Professions	7,962
Other Health Professions	4,108
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	4,024
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	3,840
Health/Medical Prep Programs	3,416

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.