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2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$5,675 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,728 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree School for You

Mental & Social Health Services is one of the most popular subjects to study in Minnesota. With 2,487 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which healthcare program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Minnesota to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for mental health services students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for mental health services majors pursuing a associate degree.

Best Minnesota Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Mental & Social Health Services

Our 2023 rankings named Rochester Community and Technical College the best value school in Minnesota for mental and social health services students working on their associate degree. Located in the midsize city of Rochester, Rochester Community and Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Rochester Community and Technical College are $5,372 per year.

Rochester Community and Technical College also took the #3 spot in our Best Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota rankings.

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#2

Century College

White Bear Lake, MN

Out of the 4 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Century College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Century College is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of White Bear Lake.

Century College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,907 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Anoka-Ramsey Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the large suburb of Coon Rapids, Anoka-Ramsey Community College-Coon Rapids Campus is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Anoka-Ramsey Community College-Coon Rapids Campus undergraduate students pay an average of $5,515 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Minneapolis Community and Technical College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Minnesota list. Minneapolis Community and Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Minneapolis.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Minneapolis Community and Technical College are $5,906 per year. The average amount in student loans that mental health services majors at Minneapolis Community and Technical College take out while working on their Associate Degree is $38,456.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Minneapolis Community and Technical College

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Iowa 52
Missouri 266
Nebraska 74
Kansas 149
South Dakota 145
North Dakota 35

Mental & Social Health Services is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Mental Health Services Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor 7,609
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling 5,433
Other Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions 4,069
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling 3,405
Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician 2,779
Clinical/Medical Social Work 2,534
Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling 2,526
Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling 328
Genetic Counseling/Counselor 288
Trauma Counseling 56
Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy 13
Medical Family Therapy/Therapist 12

Majors Similar to Mental Health Services

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • 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.

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