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2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$12,247 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,728 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 750 degrees and certificates were awarded to mental and social health services students who went to a Pennsylvania college or university. This makes it the #12 most popular major in the state.

Today's healthcare students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for mental health services students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for mental health services majors pursuing a associate degree.

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Mental & Social Health Services

Our analysis found Montgomery County Community College to be the best value school for mental and social health services students who want to pursue a associate degree in Pennsylvania. Montco is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Blue Bell.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Montco are $10,350 a year. The average amount in student loans that mental health services majors at Montco take out while working on their Associate Degree is $19,700.

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Out of the 5 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Mansfield University of Pennsylvania landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the town of Mansfield, Mansfield University is a public school with a small student population.

Mansfield University undergraduate students pay an average of $10,682 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 5 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Pennsylvania Institute of Technology landed the # 3 spot on the list. Pennsylvania Institute of Technology is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Media.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Pennsylvania Institute of Technology are $13,905 a year.

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#4

Lackawanna College

Scranton, PA

Out of the 5 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Lackawanna College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Scranton, Lackawanna College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lackawanna College are $16,130 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Reading Area Community College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. RACC is a small public school located in the city of Reading.

RACC undergraduate students pay an average of $10,170 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 1,622
Maryland 461
New Jersey 219
District of Columbia 24
Delaware 76

One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, mental and social health services has other similar majors worth exploring.

Mental Health Services Concentrations

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 5 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).

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