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2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Master's Degree Schools in Kansas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$10,512 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$42,549 Avg Salary

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

Out of the majors we analyze each year, mental and social health services was ranked 9th in Kansas. In fact, 149 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

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 Master's Degree Schools in Kansas to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Kansas to see which master'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 Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas

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

Best Kansas Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Mental & Social Health Services

Our 2023 rankings named Emporia State University the best value school in Kansas for mental and social health services students working on their master’s degree. ESU is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Emporia.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at ESU are $8,532 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Ottawa University - Online. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas list. Located in the distant town of Ottawa, Ottawa University - Online is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ottawa University - Online are $11,893 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Ottawa University - Online is ranked #2 for overall quality for mental health services in Kansas.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at Ottawa University - Online Report

#3

Washburn University

Topeka, KS

The excellent master’s degree programs at Washburn University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mental and social health services schools in Kansas. Located in the city of Topeka, Washburn University is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Washburn University are $9,636 per year.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at Washburn University Report

#4

Friends University

Wichita, KS

Out of the 4 schools in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Friends University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Wichita, Friends University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Friends University are $11,988 a year.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at Friends University Report

Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 2,487
Iowa 52
Missouri 266
Nebraska 74
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 4 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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