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2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

45 Colleges
$8,340 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,710 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 29,053 mental and social health services students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #8 most popular in the country.

With all the healthcare programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 45 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which undergraduate 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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

Top 10 Best Mental & Social Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools

#1

Seattle Central College

Seattle, WA

Our analysis found Seattle Central College to be the best value school for mental and social health services students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the Far Western US Region . Seattle Central is a small public school located in the large city of Seattle.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Seattle Central are $4,670 per year.

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#2

Cuesta College

San Luis Obispo, CA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Cuesta College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the suburb of San Luis Obispo, Cuesta College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Cuesta College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,702 in tuition and fees each year.

Cuesta College not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

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Out of the 45 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Napa Valley College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Napa Valley College is a small public school located in the city of Napa.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Napa Valley College are $8,734 a year.

Napa Valley College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at Napa Valley College Report

#4

Yuba College

Marysville, CA

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Yuba College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mental and social health services schools in the Far Western US Region . Yuba College is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Marysville.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Yuba College are $7,488 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Yuba College is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Mt. San Antonio College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Mt. SAC is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Walnut.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Mt. SAC are $10,032 per year. On average, mental health services graduates from Mt. SAC take out $14,681 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

Mt. SAC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

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Clover Park Technical College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate mental and social health services programs. Located in the city of Lakewood, CPTC is a public college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CPTC are $5,740 per year.

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#7

San Bernardino Valley College

San Bernardino, CA

San Bernardino Valley College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate mental and social health services programs. Located in the medium-sized city of San Bernardino, San Bernardino Valley College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at San Bernardino Valley College are $9,146 per year.

San Bernardino Valley College also took the #5 spot in our Best Mental & Social Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region rankings.

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#8

Santa Barbara City College

Santa Barbara, CA

Santa Barbara City College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for mental and social health services students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the small city of Santa Barbara, SBCC is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SBCC are $8,912 per year.

SBCC also claimed a spot on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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Glendale Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for mental and social health services students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Glendale, GCC is a public college with a large student population.

GCC undergraduate students pay an average of $7,531 in tuition and fees each year.

GCC also claimed a spot on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at Glendale Community College Report

#10

Modesto Junior College

Modesto, CA

With a ranking of #10, Modesto Junior College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for mental and social health services students working on their undergraduate certificate. MJC is a large public school located in the city of Modesto.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at MJC are $8,550 a year.

MJC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

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Best Mental & Social Health Services Colleges by State

Explore the best mental and social health services colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
Oregon 240
California 1,899
Washington 748
Nevada 52
Alaska 25

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 25 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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