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2023 Most Popular Mental & Social Health Services Master's Degree Schools in Louisiana

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Finding the Best Mental & Social Health Services Master's Degree 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 Most Popular Mental & Social Health Services Master's Degree Schools in Louisiana ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in Louisiana to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Mental & Social Health Services program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for mental health services majors pursuing a master's degree.

#1

University of Holy Cross

New Orleans, LA

Our analysis found University of Holy Cross to be the most popular school for mental and social health services students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Louisiana. UHC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New Orleans.

About 90% of the students majoring in mental health services at the school are women while 10% are male.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at University of Holy Cross Report

#2

Loyola University New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Loyola University New Orleans helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular mental and social health services schools in Louisiana. Located in the large city of New Orleans, Loyola New Orleans is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 76% of the mental health services majors at the school.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Loyola University New Orleans

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Louisiana at Monroe is a great place for mental and social health services students working on their master’s degree. ULM is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Monroe.

Of the 15 students majoring in mental health services at ULM, 7% are male and 93% are female.

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

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Xavier University of Louisiana helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular mental and social health services schools in Louisiana. XULA is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New Orleans.

Women make up 80% of the mental health services majors at the school.

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

Best Mental & Social Health Services Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Mental & Social Health Services Schools 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 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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