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2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$33,332 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,249 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mental & Social Health Services Doctor's Degree 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. 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 Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 8 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for mental health services students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Check out the mental health services doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Middle Atlantic Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Mental & Social Health Services

#1

Eastern University

Saint Davids, PA

Our analysis found Eastern University to be the best value school for mental and social health services students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the suburb of Saint Davids, EU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

EU graduate students pay an average of $13,976 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Waynesburg University

Waynesburg, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Waynesburg University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Waynesburg is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Waynesburg.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Waynesburg are $16,440 a year.

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#3

Loyola University Maryland

Baltimore, MD

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Loyola University Maryland. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Loyola Maryland is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Baltimore.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Loyola Maryland are $18,600 per year.

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#4

Widener University

Chester, PA

Out of the 8 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Widener University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Chester, Widener is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Widener are $25,416 per year.

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#5

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

Out of the 8 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Drexel University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Drexel are $37,074 a year.

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Pace University - New York did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for mental and social health services students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of New York, Pace University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Pace University are $34,100 per year.

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#7

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY

Syracuse University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree mental and social health services programs. Syracuse is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Syracuse.

Syracuse graduate students pay an average of $42,954 in tuition and fees each year.

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#8

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Johns Hopkins University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for mental and social health services students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Johns Hopkins are $61,202 a year.

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Best Mental & Social Health Services Colleges by State

Explore the best mental and social health services schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 1,622
Pennsylvania 750
Maryland 461
New Jersey 219
District of Columbia 24
Delaware 76

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 8 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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