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2023 Most Popular Online Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in California

1 College
$45,300 Avg Salary
$24,250 Avg Student Debt

Out of the majors we analyze each year, mental and social health services was ranked 8th in California. In fact, 1,899 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 1 school in California offering online graduate certificate programs for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following school tops our list of the Most Popular Online Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

Northcentral University

San Diego, CA

Our 2023 rankings named Northcentral University the most popular online school in California for mental and social health services students working on their graduate certificate. Northcentral University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Diego.

Women make up 92% of the mental health services majors at the school.

On average, mental health services graduates from Northcentral University take out $26,458 in student loans while working on their Graduate Certificate.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Northcentral University

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State Degrees Awarded
Oregon 240
Washington 748
Nevada 52
Alaska 25

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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 values are for the top school 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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