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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

8 Colleges
$20,125 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$45,300 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 750 degrees and certificates were awarded to mental and social health services students who went to a Pennsylvania college or university. This makes it the #12 most popular major in the state.

Today's healthcare students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

The Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 8 schools in Pennsylvania 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

#1

Lock Haven University

Lock Haven, PA

Our 2023 rankings named Lock Haven University the best value school in Pennsylvania for mental and social health services students working on their graduate certificate. LHU is a small public school located in the distant town of Lock Haven.

LHU graduate students pay an average of $12,519 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the suburb of California, Cal U is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cal U are $12,919 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clarion University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the town of Clarion, Clarion University is a public school with a small student population.

Clarion University graduate students pay an average of $12,179 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Immaculata University

Immaculata, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Immaculata University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. Immaculata is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Immaculata.

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

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#5

Elizabethtown College

Elizabethtown, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Elizabethtown College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the suburb of Elizabethtown, Etown is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Etown graduate students pay an average of $34,000 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Etown also took the #1 spot in our Best Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania rankings.

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#6

Carlow University

Pittsburgh, PA

Carlow University 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 #6 on the list. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Carlow is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Carlow graduate students pay an average of $20,812 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public school with a very large student population.

Pitt graduate students pay an average of $25,248 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Mental Health Services majors at Pitt take out an average of $22,453 in student loans while working on their Graduate Certificate.

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#8

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

Drexel University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate mental and social health services programs. Drexel is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.

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

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

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

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

One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, mental and social health services has other similar majors worth exploring.

Mental Health Services Concentrations

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

Majors Similar to Mental Health Services

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).

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