2025 Best Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
an associate degree in
mental & social health services is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #37 out of 328 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 11 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 365 associate degrees in mental & social health services during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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Featured Mental & Social Health Services Programs
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BA in Psychology - Mental Health
Gain a strong foundation in the concepts involved with mental health therapy and assessment with this specialized online bachelor's from Southern New Hampshire University.
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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. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a good 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.
Average Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of associate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their associate degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
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 full 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 associate degree.
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 & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Featured Mental & Social Health Services Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
BA in Psychology - Mental Health
Gain a strong foundation in the concepts involved with mental health therapy and assessment with this specialized online bachelor's from Southern New Hampshire University.
Learn More