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2023 Most Popular Online Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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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.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. 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 Most Popular Online Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones were the most popular online associate degree programs for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for mental health services majors pursuing an online associate degree.

#1

Central Texas College

Killeen, TX

Our 2023 rankings named Central Texas College the most popular online school in the Southwest Region for mental and social health services students working on their associate degree. Central Texas College is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize suburb of Killeen.

About 95% of the students majoring in mental health services at the school are women while 5% are male.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Texas State Technical College is a great place for mental and social health services students working on their online associate degree. Located in the city of Waco, TSTC is a public school with a large student population.

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The in-demand online associate degree programs at Mohave Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best mental and social health services schools in the Southwest Region . MCC is a small public school located in the rural area of Kingman.

Women make up 86% of the mental health services majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwestern Assemblies of God University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Southwestern Assemblies of God University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Waxahachie.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of St. Thomas. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UST is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.

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Explore the most popular online mental and social health services schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 1,284
Arizona 2,080
Oklahoma 45
New Mexico 306

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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 5 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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