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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$22,352 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,249 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mental & Social Health Services Doctor'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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 9 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for mental health services students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named University of Western States the best value school in the Far Western US Region for mental and social health services students working on their doctor’s degree. Western States Chiropractic College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Portland.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Western States Chiropractic College are $9,816 a year.

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#2

Northcentral University

San Diego, CA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Northcentral University is a great value for mental and social health services students working on their doctor’s degree. Northcentral University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Diego.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Northcentral University are $18,207 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. The Chicago School Los Angeles Campus is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at The Chicago School Los Angeles Campus are $23,918 per year.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles Report

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Alliant International University is a great value for mental and social health services students working on their doctor’s degree. Alliant is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of San Diego.

Alliant graduate students pay an average of $19,874 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Alliant International University

#5

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of San Francisco. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of San Francisco, USFCA is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

USFCA graduate students pay an average of $27,250 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, USFCA is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at University of San Francisco Report

The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Irvine came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the large city of Irvine, The Chicago School Irvine Campus is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at The Chicago School Irvine Campus are $23,918 per year.

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#7

Loma Linda University

Loma Linda, CA

With a ranking of #7, Loma Linda University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for mental and social health services students working on their doctor’s degree. Loma Linda University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Loma Linda.

Loma Linda University graduate students pay an average of $31,058 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at Loma Linda University Report

With a ranking of #8, Antioch University - Seattle did quite well on this year’s best value schools for mental and social health services students working on their doctor’s degree. Antioch University - Seattle is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Seattle.

Antioch University - Seattle graduate students pay an average of $18,459 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Antioch University - Seattle

University of California - San Diego ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCSD are $28,666 per year.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at University of California - San Diego

Best Mental & Social Health Services Colleges by State

Explore the best mental and social health services schools 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 9 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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