2025 Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #96 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 92 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. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host 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 full 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

The psychiatric/mental health services technician school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician in the Southwest Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in psychiatric/mental health services technician.

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

1

San Jacinto Community College
Pasadena, TX

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

San Jacinto Community College is a good decision for individuals interested in an associate degree in psychiatric/mental health services technician. Located in the midsize city of Pasadena, San Jacinto College is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in psychiatric/mental health services technician from San Jacinto Community College

2

Tarrant County College District
Fort Worth, TX

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

5 Annual Graduates

Tarrant County College District is a good decision for students interested in an associate degree in psychiatric/mental health services technician. Located in the city of Fort Worth, Tarrant County College is a public college with a very large student population.More information about a associate in psychiatric/mental health services technician from Tarrant County College District

3

McLennan Community College
Waco, TX

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in an associate degree in psychiatric/mental health services technician needs to look into McLennan Community College. MCC is a medium-sized public college located in the midsize city of Waco.More information about a associate in psychiatric/mental health services technician from McLennan Community College

4

Lone Star College System
The Woodlands, TX

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

47 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in an associate degree in psychiatric/mental health services technician needs to look into Lone Star College System. Located in the medium-sized city of The Woodlands, North Harris Montgomery is a public college with a very large student population.More information about a associate in psychiatric/mental health services technician from Lone Star College System

Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician Colleges by State

Explore the best psychiatric/mental health services technician colleges for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	420	138

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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.

Majors Similar to Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	211
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	36
Clinical/Medical Social Work	24
Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling	2

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.