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2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Schools in Louisiana

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$18,097 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$35,601 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mental & Social Health Services School for You

Mental & Social Health Services is the #13 most popular major in Louisiana with 135 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which healthcare program is right 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 Schools in Louisiana 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 Louisiana to see which 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 Schools in Louisiana

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

Best Louisiana Schools for Affordable Quality in Mental & Social Health Services

$4,958 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Southern University at Shreveport to be the best value school for mental and social health services students who want to pursue a degree in Louisiana. Southern University at Shreveport is a small public school located in the city of Shreveport.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southern University at Shreveport are $4,958 per year.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at Southern University at Shreveport Report

$9,058 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Louisiana at Monroe helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best mental and social health services schools in Louisiana. ULM is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Monroe.

ULM undergraduate students pay an average of $9,058 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

ULM also made our Best Mental & Social Health Services Schools in Louisiana list, coming in at #2.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at University of Louisiana at Monroe Report

$8,672 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern State University of Louisiana. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Schools in Louisiana list. Located in the town of Natchitoches, NSU is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NSU are $8,672 per year. While working on their degree, mental health services majors at NSU accumulate an average of around $28,250 in student debt.

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#4

University of Holy Cross

New Orleans, LA
$16,000 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Holy Cross helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best mental and social health services schools in Louisiana. UHC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of New Orleans.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UHC are $16,000 a year.

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#5

Loyola University New Orleans

New Orleans, LA
$43,498 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Loyola University New Orleans helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best mental and social health services schools in Louisiana. Located in the city of New Orleans, Loyola New Orleans is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Loyola New Orleans are $43,498 a year.

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$26,398 Average Tuition & Fees

Xavier University of Louisiana landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value mental and social health services programs. XULA is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New Orleans.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at XULA are $26,398 per year.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at Xavier University of Louisiana Report

Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 1,223
North Carolina 710
Tennessee 218
Kentucky 238
Georgia 154
West Virginia 60
Virginia 2,163
Mississippi 62
South Carolina 70
Alabama 241
Arkansas 242

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 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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