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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$9,715 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$45,300 Avg Salary

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

Out of the majors we analyze each year, mental and social health services was ranked 7th in Florida. In fact, 1,223 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

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.

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 Florida ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Florida 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 Florida

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

#1

Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, FL

Our 2023 rankings named Florida Atlantic University the best value school in Florida for mental and social health services students working on their graduate certificate. FAU is a very large public school located in the small city of Boca Raton.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at FAU are $6,693 per year.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Florida Atlantic University

#2

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Florida helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mental and social health services schools in Florida. UF is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville.

UF graduate students pay an average of $12,737 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UF is ranked #1 for overall quality for mental health services in Florida.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at University of Florida

Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 710
Tennessee 218
Kentucky 238
Georgia 154
West Virginia 60
Virginia 2,163
Alabama 241
Louisiana 135
Mississippi 62
South Carolina 70
Arkansas 242

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 2 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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