2025 Best Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

If you plan on getting your associate degree in mental & social health services, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #37 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 71 associate degrees in mental & social health services during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Early-Career Earnings

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their associate degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their associate degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to mental & social health services students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other mental & social health services students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt mental & social health services students go into to obtain their associate degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized mental & social health services related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Mental & Social Health Services Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Mental & Social Health Services in Pennsylvania

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for mental & social health services students seeking a an associate degree.

Top Pennsylvania Schools for an Associate in Mental Health Services

1

Lackawanna College
Scranton, PA

33 Annual Graduates

$26,499 Median Starting Salary

Lackawanna College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in mental & social health services. Located in the city of Scranton, Lackawanna College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Students who graduate with their associate from the mental health services program report average early career wages of $26,499.

More information about a associate in mental & social health services from Lackawanna College

2

Montgomery County Community College
Blue Bell, PA

28 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in mental & social health services needs to check out Montgomery County Community College. Located in the suburb of Blue Bell, Montco is a public college with a medium-sized student population.More information about a associate in mental & social health services from Montgomery County Community College

Best Mental & Social Health Services Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Mental & Social Health Services Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	196	475
New Jersey	137	35
Maryland	126	193
Delaware	60	42

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Rankings in Majors Related to Mental Health Services

Mental & Social Health Services is one of 34 different types of Health Professions programs to choose from.

Mental Health Services Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Other Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions	33
Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician	28
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	8
Clinical/Medical Social Work	2

Most Popular Majors Related to Mental Health Services

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	2,443
Allied Health Professions	868
Health Sciences & Services	710
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	493
Health & Medical Administrative Services	419
Dental Support Services	295
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	91
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants	78
Public Health	56
Other Health Professions	42

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.