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2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

20 Colleges
$9,769 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.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 20 schools in the Southeast 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.

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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Top 10 Best Mental & Social Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Montgomery Community College the best value school in the Southeast Region for mental and social health services students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the rural area of Troy, MCC is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MCC are $8,682 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, MCC also did well on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend South Piedmont Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the rural area of Polkton, South Piedmont Community College is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at South Piedmont Community College are $6,623 per year.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at South Piedmont Community College

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Davidson County Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mental and social health services schools in the Southeast Region . DCCC is a small public school located in the rural area of Thomasville.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at DCCC are $7,658 a year.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Davidson County Community College

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Blue Ridge Community and Technical 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 Southeast Region . Located in the rural area of Martinsburg, Blue Ridge Community and Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Blue Ridge Community and Technical College are $7,464 a year.

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Out of the 20 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Beaufort County Community College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Beaufort County Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Washington.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Beaufort County Community College are $8,662 a year.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at Beaufort County Community College Report

#6

College of the Albemarle

Elizabeth City, NC

College of the Albemarle landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate mental and social health services programs. Located in the distant town of Elizabeth City, College of the Albemarle is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at College of the Albemarle are $7,346 per year.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at College of the Albemarle

Forsyth Technical Community College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the midsize city of Winston-Salem, Forsyth Tech is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Forsyth Tech are $7,168 per year. On average, mental health services graduates from Forsyth Tech take out $26,879 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Forsyth Technical Community College

Lenoir 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 #8 on the list. Located in the town of Kinston, Lenoir Community College is a public college with a small student population.

Lenoir Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,712 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Lenoir Community College

#9

Pitt Community College

Winterville, NC

Pitt Community College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate mental and social health services programs. Located in the midsize suburb of Winterville, Pitt Community College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Pitt Community College are $6,548 per year.

Pitt Community College also claimed a spot on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at Pitt Community College Report

Northern Virginia 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 #10 on the list. Northern Virginia Community College is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Annandale.

Northern Virginia Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $11,648 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that mental health services majors at Northern Virginia Community College take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $21,666.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Northern Virginia Community College also is in the top 10% of our Best Mental & Social Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Northern Virginia Community College

Best Mental & Social Health Services Colleges by State

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

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

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 20 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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