2025 Best Mental & Social Health Services Master's Degree Schools in Minnesota

If you pursue a master's degree in mental & social health services, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #16 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual reviewed 6 schools in Minnesota to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of mental & social health services. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 2,321 master's degrees in mental & social health services during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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

The mental health services master'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. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

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

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

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 master'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 master'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 colleges for mental & social health services students working on their master'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 Master's Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Mental & Social Health Services in Minnesota

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in mental & social health services.

Top Minnesota Schools for a Master's in Mental Health Services

1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN

37 Annual Graduates

$61,488 Median Starting Salary

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a great choice for students pursuing a master's degree in mental & social health services. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public university located in the city of Minneapolis.

Those mental & social health services students who get their master's degree from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities earn $9,097 more than the standard mental health services student.

More information about a master’s in mental & social health services from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

2

Winona State University
Winona, MN

74 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Winona State University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in mental & social health services. Located in the town of Winona, Winona State is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a master’s in mental & social health services from Winona State University

3

Minnesota State University - Mankato
Mankato, MN

30 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in mental & social health services needs to look into Minnesota State University - Mankato. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public university located in the city of Mankato.More information about a master’s in mental & social health services from Minnesota State University - Mankato

4

Bethel University Minnesota
Saint Paul, MN

24 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Bethel University Minnesota if you wish to pursue a master's degree in mental & social health services. Bethel University Minnesota is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Saint Paul.More information about a master’s in mental & social health services from Bethel University Minnesota

5

Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
Winona, MN

41 Annual Graduates

$50,065 Median Starting Salary

SMU MN is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Winona.

Soon after graduation, mental health services master's recipients typically earn around $50,065 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a master’s in mental & social health services from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota

6

Saint Cloud State University
Saint Cloud, MN

12 Annual Graduates

$43,135 Median Starting Salary

Located in the small city of Saint Cloud, St. Cloud State University is a public university with a large student population.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the mental health services program make about $43,135 in the first couple years of their career.

More information about a master’s in mental & social health services from Saint Cloud State University

Best Mental & Social Health Services Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Mental & Social Health Services Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	193	232
Iowa	154	49
Kansas	149	79
Nebraska	123	9
North Dakota	115	28
South Dakota	89	85

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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
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	1,389
Clinical/Medical Social Work	439
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling	397
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	96

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	5,253
Health & Medical Administrative Services	977
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	619
Public Health	390
Medical Illustration & Informatics	225
Allied Health Professions	183
Communication Sciences	146
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	135
Alternative Medicine & Systems	52
Medical Science	24

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.