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Lake Havasu City, Arizona has 2 accredited schools offering substance abuse counseling programs, with tuition ranging from $1,288 to $12,880 per year for indexed programs. Lake Havasu City has a population of about 58,037. Median household income is $66,264 (Census ACS 2023, 5-year). About 18.4% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree or higher. In the Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ metro area, the top-earning substance abuse counseling-related role is Social and Community Service Manager at a median $75,740 annually (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
The accredited institutions listed below are the closest in our directory that offer substance abuse counseling programs near Lake Havasu City, ranked by BOC Score and straight-line distance from Lake Havasu City city center. The list is rebuilt from federal IPEDS data on every site update.
Every school list on this site is ordered by the BOC Score, computed from the most recent school-level data published by the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and IPEDS). To qualify, a school must be currently operating and accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Each eligible school is then scored on five measures, percentile-ranked against schools at the same credential level:
Schools without enough outcome data appear after ranked schools, without a score. On this page, schools are ordered by distance from Lake Havasu City. Advertising never affects these rankings. Read the full methodology.
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Source: IPEDS / College Scorecard (2023 cohort). Browse all Arizona schools on the Arizona substance abuse counseling page.
Lake Havasu City is part of the Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ metro area (BLS area code 29420). Where MSA-level wages are published, the table below shows MSA medians; otherwise it falls back to Arizona statewide.
| Occupation | Median Wage | Source | COL-Adjusted (US=100) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselor | $59,800 | Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ | $63,549 |
| Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Worker | $46,380 | AZ statewide | $49,288 |
| Social and Community Service Manager | $75,740 | Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ | $80,489 |
| Social and Human Service Assistant | $36,080 | Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ | $38,342 |
Source: BLS, May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes wage data at the metro (MSA) and state level – not by individual city.
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 58,037 | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B01003) |
| Median household income | $66,264 | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B19013) |
| Adults 25+ with bachelor’s+ | 18.4% | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B15003) |
| Regional Price Parity (US=100) | 94.1 (below U.S. average) | BEA RPP 2024 |
Our directory has 2 accredited schools offering substance abuse counseling programs near Lake Havasu City. The closest is Mohave Community College in Kingman, AZ (55.6 miles), and the farthest of the schools shown is Palo Verde College (61.2 miles). 1 of the highlighted schools is flagged as offering distance education.
Based on BLS OEWS May 2025 wage data, the top-paying substance abuse counseling-related roles near Lake Havasu City are: Social and Community Service Manager ($75,740), Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselor ($59,800), Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Worker ($46,380). These reflect MSA-level medians where published, with Arizona statewide fallback for occupations not reported at the metro level.
Bullhead City, AZ is 44.8 miles from Lake Havasu City and has its own set of local substance abuse counseling programs – see the city’s page. For online programs, distance matters less; for hybrid or in-person formats, comparing both can help.
Lake Havasu City’s median household income of $66,264 (Census ACS 2023) is one input. Online programs let students stay in Lake Havasu City while attending lower-cost out-of-state schools, and Arizona public universities often offer reduced in-state online tuition.
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Compare every accredited online degree program with city-level data for Lake Havasu City:
Data verified: August 11, 2026. Salary, employment, and tuition figures on this page are sourced from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS May 2025; Employment Projections 2024–2034) and the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (2023 cohort). The source agency and data year are cited inline with every statistic.
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