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2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$27,226 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.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which healthcare program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which doctor'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.

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 Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Mental & Social Health Services

Our 2023 rankings named University of Akron Main Campus the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for mental and social health services students working on their doctor’s degree. University of Akron Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Akron.

University of Akron Main Campus graduate students pay an average of $11,936 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at University of Akron Main Campus Report

#2

University of Toledo

Toledo, OH

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Toledo helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mental and social health services schools in the Great Lakes Region . University of Toledo is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Toledo.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Toledo are $27,739 a year.

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

#3

Adler University

Chicago, IL

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Adler University is a great value for mental and social health services students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Chicago, Adler is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Adler are $42,004 per year.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Adler University

Best Mental & Social Health Services Colleges by State

Explore the best mental and social health services colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 342
Ohio 686
Michigan 605
Indiana 823
Wisconsin 514

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 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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