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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

20 Colleges
$8,781 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. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 20 schools in the Southwest 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

Lee College

Baytown, TX

Our 2023 rankings named Lee College the best value school in the Southwest Region for mental and social health services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Baytown, Lee College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Lee College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,302 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

El Centro College

Dallas, TX

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means El Centro College is a great value for mental and social health services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Dallas, El Centro College is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at El Centro College are $6,000 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, El Centro College is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SFCC are $4,995 per year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Houston Community College is a great value for mental and social health services students working on their basic certificate. Houston Community College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Houston.

Houston Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,460 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Dona Ana. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. NMSU Dona Ana is a moderately-sized public school located in the rural area of Las Cruces.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at NMSU Dona Ana are $5,664 a year.

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#6

Lone Star College System

The Woodlands, TX

Lone Star College System 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. North Harris Montgomery is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of The Woodlands.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at North Harris Montgomery are $6,168 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, North Harris Montgomery also is in the top 15% of our Best Mental & Social Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.

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University of New Mexico - Taos Campus 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 #7 on the list. Located in the rural area of Ranchos de Taos, UNM Taos is a public college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNM Taos are $4,752 per year.

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With a ranking of #8, San Jacinto Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for mental and social health services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the large suburb of Pasadena, San Jacinto College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at San Jacinto College are $5,040 a year.

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McLennan 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 #9 on the list. MCC is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Waco.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MCC are $5,910 per year.

MCC also made our Best Mental & Social Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #4.

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#10

Mohave Community College

Kingman, AZ

Mohave Community College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. MCC is a small public school located in the rural area of Kingman.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at MCC are $6,996 a year.

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Best Mental & Social Health Services Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Texas 1,284
Arizona 2,080
Oklahoma 45
New Mexico 306

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 20 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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