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2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$15,884 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,249 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, mental and social health services students earned 829 degrees and certificates from a Massachusetts school, making the subject the 7th in the state.

There are so many healthcare programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Massachusetts 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.

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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts

Check out the mental health services doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Massachusetts Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Mental & Social Health Services

Our 2023 rankings named American International College the best value school in Massachusetts for mental and social health services students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Springfield, AIC is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at AIC are $12,717 per year.

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#2

Lesley University

Cambridge, MA

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Lesley University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mental and social health services schools in Massachusetts. Located in the midsize city of Cambridge, Lesley is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Lesley are $19,050 a year.

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Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Connecticut 288
New Hampshire 347
Maine 119
Vermont 32
Rhode Island 81

One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, mental and social health services has other similar majors worth exploring.

Mental Health Services Concentrations

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 2 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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