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2022 Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
77 Degrees Awarded
$23,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 27,516 people earned their degree in mental and social health services, making the major the 49th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, mental and social health services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $36,724 and had an average of $46,468 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 6,291 mental and social health services graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,814 and $45,864 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 77 mental and social health services graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in mental and social health services. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great mental and social health services programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the mental and social health services program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree mental health services students with aid.

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mental & Social Health Services in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the #1 spot on the list. UF is a large school located in Gainesville, Florida that handed out 23 doctorate’s mental health services degrees in 2019-2020.

UF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Mental & Social Health Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UF are $30,130, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Mental & Social Health Services at UF

#2

Florida State University

Tallahassee, Florida
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Florida State University is a public institution located in Tallahassee, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Florida State also took the #3 spot in our “Best Mental & Social Health Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Florida State are $26,707.

Full Florida State Mental & Social Health Services Report

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisiana at Monroe landed the #3 spot on the list. Monroe, Louisiana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s mental health services degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

ULM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Mental & Social Health Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Louisiana at Monroe are $21,410.

Full University of Louisiana at Monroe Mental & Social Health Services Report

#4

Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, Florida
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida Atlantic University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Boca Raton, Florida, this large public school awarded 6 degrees to qualified doctorate’s mental health services students in 2019-2020.

FAU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Mental & Social Health Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at FAU are $18,482, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full FAU Mental & Social Health Services Report

#5

East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, East Carolina University landed the #5 spot on the list. ECU is located in Greenville, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s mental health services degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southeast region doctor’s degree mental health services students with aid list, ECU has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Mental & Social Health Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at ECU are $20,685.

Read more about Mental & Social Health Services at East Carolina University

#6

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

With a ranking of #6, Nova Southeastern University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Fort Lauderdale, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s mental health services degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.

NUS Florida also made our “Best Mental & Social Health Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Nova Southeastern University are $22,242.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Nova Southeastern University

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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