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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$11,939 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$45,300 Avg Salary

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

Mental & Social Health Services is one of the most popular subjects to study in Virginia. With 2,163 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.

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.

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 Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Virginia 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 Virginia

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

Our analysis found Virginia Commonwealth University to be the best value school for mental and social health services students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Virginia. Located in the city of Richmond, VCU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at VCU are $15,518 a year.

VCU also made our Best Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia list, coming in at #2.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at Virginia Commonwealth University Report

#2

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Liberty University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia list. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Liberty University are $8,360 a year.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 1,223
North Carolina 710
Tennessee 218
Georgia 154
Kentucky 238
West Virginia 60
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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