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2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

45 Colleges
$9,023 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Mental & Social Health Services Basic Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 29,053 mental and social health services students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #8 most popular in the country.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 45 schools in the Southeast Region to see which basic certificate programs offered the best value experiences for mental health services students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Top 10 Best Mental & Social Health Services Basic Certificate Schools

#1

Columbia Southern University

Orange Beach, AL

Our 2023 rankings named Columbia Southern University the best value school in the Southeast Region for mental and social health services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the town of Orange Beach, Columbia Southern University is a private for-profit college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Columbia Southern University are $5,775 per year.

Columbia Southern University also claimed a spot on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at South Piedmont Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mental and social health services schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the rural area of Polkton, South Piedmont Community College is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at South Piedmont Community College are $6,623 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montgomery Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the rural area of Troy, MCC is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MCC are $8,682 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Piedmont Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the large city of Charlotte, Central Piedmont Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Central Piedmont Community College are $8,936 per year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Forsyth Technical Community College is a great value for mental and social health services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Winston-Salem, Forsyth Tech is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Forsyth Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $7,168 in tuition and fees each year.

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#6

Nash Community College

Rocky Mount, NC

Nash Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for mental and social health services students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Nash Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Rocky Mount.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Nash Community College are $8,810 per year.

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With a ranking of #7, Davidson County Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for mental and social health services students working on their basic certificate. DCCC is a small public school located in the rural area of Thomasville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at DCCC are $7,658 per year.

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Beaufort County Community College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Beaufort County Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Washington.

Beaufort County Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,662 in tuition and fees each year.

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Southwestern Community College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate mental and social health services programs. Located in the town of Sylva, Southwestern Community College is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southwestern Community College are $7,913 per year.

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Richmond Community College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Richmond Community College is a small public school located in the town of Hamlet.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Richmond Community College are $8,680 a year.

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Best Mental & Social Health Services Colleges by State

Explore the best mental and social health services colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 1,223
North Carolina 710
Tennessee 218
Kentucky 238
Georgia 154
West Virginia 60
Virginia 2,163
Alabama 241
Louisiana 135
Mississippi 62
South Carolina 70
Arkansas 242

Mental & Social Health Services is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Mental Health Services Focus Areas

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

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 25 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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