2025 Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician Associate Degree Schools in California

If you pursue a associate degree in psychiatric/mental health services technician, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #96 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for psychiatric/mental health services technician students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 115 associate degrees in psychiatric/mental health services technician during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician School for Your Associate Degree

Your choice of psychiatric/mental health services technician for getting your associate degree school matters. Important measures of a quality psychiatric/mental health services technician program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we include a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on psychiatric/mental health services technician students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other psychiatric/mental health services technician students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized psychiatric/mental health services technician related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for psychiatric/mental health services technician students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician Associate Degree Schools in California list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician in California

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for psychiatric/mental health services technician students seeking a an associate degree.

Top California Schools for an Associate in Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician

1

Cuesta College
San Luis Obispo, CA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

8 Annual Graduates

Cuesta College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in psychiatric/mental health services technician. Located in the rural area of San Luis Obispo, Cuesta College is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in psychiatric/mental health services technician from Cuesta College

2

Napa Valley College
Napa, CA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

Napa Valley College is a good choice for students interested in an associate degree in psychiatric/mental health services technician. Located in the small city of Napa, Napa Valley College is a public college with a small student population.More information about a associate in psychiatric/mental health services technician from Napa Valley College

3

San Joaquin Delta College
Stockton, CA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

28 Annual Graduates

San Joaquin Delta College is a wonderful decision for individuals interested in an associate degree in psychiatric/mental health services technician. Located in the city of Stockton, Delta is a public college with a large student population.More information about a associate in psychiatric/mental health services technician from San Joaquin Delta College

4

West Hills College-Coalinga
Coalinga, CA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat West Hills College-Coalinga if you want to pursue an associate degree in psychiatric/mental health services technician. Located in the remote town of Coalinga, West Hills College-Coalinga is a public college with a small student population.More information about a associate in psychiatric/mental health services technician from West Hills College-Coalinga

Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Washington	288	3
Nevada	185	0
Alaska	71	14

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Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician Related Rankings by Major

Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician is one of 13 different types of Mental & Social Health Services programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	291

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.