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2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$16,546 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$45,300 Avg Salary

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

With 219 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, mental and social health services is the #12 most popular major in New Jersey.

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.

The Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in New Jersey to see which graduate 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.

2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey

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

Best New Jersey Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Mental & Social Health Services

Our 2023 rankings named The College of New Jersey the best value school in New Jersey for mental and social health services students working on their graduate certificate. TCNJ is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Ewing.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at TCNJ are $15,031 per year.

TCNJ did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at The College of New Jersey Report

#2

Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montclair State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list. Montclair State is a very large public school located in the suburb of Montclair.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Montclair State are $13,519 per year.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Montclair State University

#3

Kean University

Union, NJ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kean University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list. Kean is a large public school located in the suburb of Union.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Kean are $17,476 a year.

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#4

Rider University

Lawrenceville, NJ

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Rider University is a great value for mental and social health services students working on their graduate certificate. Rider is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Lawrenceville.

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

Rider did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Rider University

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 1,622
Pennsylvania 750
Maryland 461
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 4 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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