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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$7,755 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$45,300 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, mental and social health services students earned 710 degrees and certificates from a North Carolina school, making the subject the 7th in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which healthcare program is right for you. 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in North Carolina 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. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

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

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Our 2023 rankings named East Carolina University the best value school in North Carolina for mental and social health services students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Greenville, ECU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

ECU graduate students pay an average of $7,594 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

ECU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Appalachian State University is a great value for mental and social health services students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the distant town of Boone, Appalachian State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Appalachian State are $8,007 a year.

Appalachian State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Western Carolina University is a great value for mental and social health services students working on their graduate certificate. WCU is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Cullowhee.

WCU graduate students pay an average of $7,480 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 4 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina A & T State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. NC A&T is a large public school located in the large city of Greensboro.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at NC A&T are $7,938 a year.

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

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State Degrees Awarded
Florida 1,223
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

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 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).

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