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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$4,322 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,710 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, mental and social health services students earned 151 degrees and certificates from a Colorado school, making the subject the 10th in the state.

Today's healthcare students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

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 Colorado to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Colorado 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 Colorado

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

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

#1

Otero Junior College

La Junta, CO

Our analysis found Otero Junior College to be the best value school for mental and social health services students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Colorado. Located in the remote town of La Junta, Otero JC is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Otero JC are $4,107 per year.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Otero Junior College

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Pueblo Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mental and social health services schools in Colorado. Located in the city of Pueblo, Pueblo Community College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Pueblo Community College are $4,536 per year. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, mental health services majors at Pueblo Community College accumulate an average of around $21,301 in student debt.

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Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 44
Idaho 53
Montana 41
Wyoming 4

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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