2025 Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

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 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 135 bachelor's degrees in mental & social health services during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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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 full 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

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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Mental & Social Health Services in the Far Western US Region

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

Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Mental Health Services

1

Seattle Central College
Seattle, WA

22 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in mental & social health services needs to take a look at Seattle Central College. Located in the large city of Seattle, Seattle Central is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in mental & social health services from Seattle Central College

2

The University of Arizona Global Campus
San Diego, CA

83 Annual Graduates

$39,676 Median Starting Salary

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in mental & social health services needs to take a look at The University of Arizona Global Campus. Located in the city of San Diego, UAGC is a private for-profit 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 $39,676.

More information about a bachelor’s in mental & social health services from The University of Arizona Global Campus

Best Mental & Social Health Services Colleges by State

Explore the best mental & social health services schools for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	262	112
Washington	226	65
Nevada	129	0
Alaska	75	6

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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
Other Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions	83
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	24
Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling	22
Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician	6

Majors Similar to Mental Health Services

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	13,796
Public Health	4,647
Health Sciences & Services	2,113
Communication Sciences	1,503
Health & Medical Administrative Services	1,264
Allied Health Professions	759
Dental Support Services	527
Health/Medical Prep Programs	286
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	213
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	191

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.