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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$3,199 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,728 Avg Salary

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

With 74 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, mental and social health services is the #13 most popular major in Nebraska.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. 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.

The Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Nebraska ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in Nebraska to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for mental health services students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Colleges.

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

#1

Central Community College

Grand Island, NE

Our 2023 rankings named Central Community College the best value school in Nebraska for mental and social health services students working on their associate degree. Central Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Grand Island.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Central Community College are $3,210 per year. On average, mental health services graduates from Central Community College take out $9,869 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

Central Community College also made our Best Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Nebraska list, coming in at #3.

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Out of the 3 schools in Nebraska that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeast Community College Area landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Lincoln, Southeast Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Southeast Community College are $3,192 a year. After completing their Associate Degree, mental health services graduates from Southeast Community College carry an average student debtload of $27,037.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Southeast Community College is ranked #2 for overall quality for mental health services in Nebraska.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Metropolitan Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Nebraska list. Located in the city of Omaha, MCC is a public college with a large student population.

MCC undergraduate students pay an average of $3,195 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Mental Health Services majors at MCC take out an average of $10,258 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

MCC also took the #1 spot in our Best Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Nebraska rankings.

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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
Minnesota 2,487
Iowa 52
Missouri 266
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

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 3 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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