2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mental & Social Health Services in Iowa (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Iowa, there were 50 mental and social health services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $41,000 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 mental and social health services graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,469 and $117,729 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent mental and social health services programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the mental and social health services program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The mental health services school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mental & Social Health Services in Iowa (With Aid)

#1

Mount Mercy University

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$10,870 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Mental Health Services Schools for a Doctorate in Iowa For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Mount Mercy University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s mental health services degrees in 2019-2020.

Mount Mercy also took the #1 spot in our “Best Mental & Social Health Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mount Mercy University are $10,870, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Mount Mercy Mental & Social Health Services Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mental & Social Health Services in the Plains States Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Mental & Social Health Services (With Aid)

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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