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2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$4,506 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,710 Avg Salary

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

Mental & Social Health Services is one of the most popular subjects to study in Connecticut. With 288 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 8th out of all the majors we track 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.

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 Connecticut to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Connecticut to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate 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.

2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for mental health services majors pursuing a undergraduate certificate.

Best Connecticut Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Mental & Social Health Services

#1

Gateway Community College

New Haven, CT

Our analysis found Gateway Community College to be the best value school for mental and social health services students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Connecticut. Gateway Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of New Haven.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Gateway Community College are $4,496 per year.

Gateway Community College also took the #3 spot in our Best Mental & Social Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut rankings.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Naugatuck Valley Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut list. Naugatuck Valley Community College is a small public school located in the suburb of Waterbury.

Naugatuck Valley Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,516 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 829
New Hampshire 347
Maine 119
Vermont 32
Rhode Island 81

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 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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