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2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$17,667 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,028 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 29,053 mental and social health services students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #8 most popular in the country.

With all the healthcare programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which bachelor's 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

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

Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Mental & Social Health Services

#1

Seattle Central College

Seattle, WA

Our 2023 rankings named Seattle Central College the best value school in the Far Western US Region for mental and social health services students working on their bachelor’s degree. Seattle Central is a small public school located in the large city of Seattle.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Seattle Central are $4,670 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Seattle Central also is in the top 20% of our Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at Seattle Central College Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lake Washington Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. LWTech is a small public school located in the suburb of Kirkland.

LWTech undergraduate students pay an average of $10,146 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, LWTech is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Lake Washington Institute of Technology

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Washington University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. WWU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Bellingham.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at WWU are $25,930 a year.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Western Washington University

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Alaska Anchorage is a great value for mental and social health services students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Anchorage, UAA is a public college with a large student population.

UAA undergraduate students pay an average of $25,228 in tuition and fees each year. Mental Health Services majors at UAA take out an average of $32,745 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at University of Alaska Anchorage

Eastern Washington University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the fringe town of Cheney, EWU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at EWU are $25,748 per year.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at Eastern Washington University Report

Best Mental & Social Health Services Colleges by State

Explore the best mental and social health services colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
Oregon 240
California 1,899
Washington 748
Nevada 52
Alaska 25

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 6 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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