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2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

15 Colleges
$24,483 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$45,300 Avg Salary

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

Mental & Social Health Services is the #20 most popular major in the country with 16,815 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 15 schools in the Great Lakes Region 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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

Top 10 Best Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

Valparaiso University

Valparaiso, IN

Our 2023 rankings named Valparaiso University the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for mental and social health services students working on their graduate certificate. Valpo is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Valparaiso.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Valpo are $12,220 per year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Indiana Wesleyan University is a great value for mental and social health services students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the distant town of Marion, IWU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at IWU are $13,512 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Akron Main Campus. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the midsize city of Akron, University of Akron Main Campus is a public school with a fairly large student population.

University of Akron Main Campus graduate students pay an average of $11,936 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Purdue University Global

Indianapolis, IN

Out of the 15 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University Global landed the # 4 spot on the list. Purdue University Global is a very large public school located in the small city of Indianapolis.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Purdue University Global are $10,582 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Southern Indiana. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the suburb of Evansville, USI is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at USI are $19,815 a year.

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#6

Governors State University

University Park, IL

Governors State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for mental and social health services students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the rural area of University Park, GSU is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at GSU are $14,674 per year.

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University of Illinois at Springfield came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. UIS is a small public school located in the midsize city of Springfield.

UIS graduate students pay an average of $16,757 in tuition and fees each year.

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Indiana University - Bloomington ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. IU Bloomington is a very large public school located in the small city of Bloomington.

IU Bloomington graduate students pay an average of $33,352 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, IU Bloomington also is in the top 15% of our Best Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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#9

Madonna University

Livonia, MI

Madonna University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the small city of Livonia, Madonna is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Madonna are $16,380 a year.

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#10

University of Dayton

Dayton, OH

University of Dayton ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Dayton, UDayton is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UDayton are $18,140 a year.

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Best Mental & Social Health Services Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 473
Illinois 282
Ohio 514
Indiana 345
Wisconsin 179

Mental & Social Health Services is one of 29 different types of programs to choose from.

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 15 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).

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