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2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$21,521 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$45,300 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 1,483 degrees and certificates were awarded to mental and social health services students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #20 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in California to see which graduate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in California

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

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Mental & Social Health Services

#1

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

Our 2023 rankings named San Diego State University the best value school in California for mental and social health services students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of San Diego, SDSU is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SDSU are $9,570 per year.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at San Diego State University Report

#2

Biola University

La Mirada, CA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Biola University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mental and social health services schools in California. Located in the suburb of La Mirada, Biola is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Biola are $12,006 a year.

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#3

Northcentral University

San Diego, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northcentral University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Northcentral University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Diego.

Northcentral University graduate students pay an average of $18,207 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that mental health services majors at Northcentral University take out while working on their Graduate Certificate is $26,458.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at Northcentral University Report

#4

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of San Francisco helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mental and social health services schools in California. Located in the large city of San Francisco, USFCA is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at USFCA are $27,250 per year.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at University of San Francisco

#5

Loma Linda University

Loma Linda, CA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Loma Linda University is a great value for mental and social health services students working on their graduate certificate. Loma Linda University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Loma Linda.

Loma Linda University graduate students pay an average of $31,058 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at Loma Linda University Report

Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 475
Oregon 210
Nevada 32

One of 29 majors within the area of study, mental and social health services has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 66,964
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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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