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2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

30 Colleges
$21,612 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$45,300 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mental & Social Health Services Graduate 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. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This report analyzed 30 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Check out the mental health services graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools

Our analysis found The College of New Jersey to be the best value school for mental and social health services students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Middle Atlantic Region . TCNJ is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Ewing.

TCNJ graduate students pay an average of $15,031 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, TCNJ is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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#2

Immaculata University

Immaculata, PA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Immaculata University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mental and social health services schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the suburb of Immaculata, Immaculata is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Immaculata are $12,780 per year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Clarion University of Pennsylvania helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mental and social health services schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Clarion University is a small public school located in the town of Clarion.

Clarion University graduate students pay an average of $13,862 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montclair State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Montclair State is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Montclair.

Montclair State graduate students pay an average of $13,519 in tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Niagara University

Niagara University, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Niagara University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Niagara is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Niagara University.

Niagara graduate students pay an average of $13,950 in tuition and fees each year.

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Bowie State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Bowie, Bowie State University is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Bowie State University graduate students pay an average of $15,407 in tuition and fees each year.

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#7

Lock Haven University

Lock Haven, PA

Lock Haven University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the distant town of Lock Haven, LHU is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at LHU are $17,379 per year.

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California University of Pennsylvania did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for mental and social health services students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Cal U is a medium-sized public school located in the small suburb of California.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cal U are $18,508 per year.

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#9

Rider University

Lawrenceville, NJ

With a ranking of #9, Rider University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for mental and social health services students working on their graduate certificate. Rider is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Lawrenceville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Rider are $20,159 per year.

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#10

St. John Fisher College

Rochester, NY

St. John Fisher College landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate mental and social health services programs. Located in the suburb of Rochester, Fisher is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Fisher graduate students pay an average of $18,324 in tuition and fees each 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 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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