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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$20,478 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$45,300 Avg Salary

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

With 282 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, mental and social health services is the #44 most popular major in Illinois.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for mental health services students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

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

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

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

#1

Governors State University

University Park, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Governors State University the best value school in Illinois for mental and social health services students working on their graduate certificate. GSU is a small public school located in the rural area of University Park.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at GSU are $8,320 a year.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Governors State University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Springfield. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. Located in the midsize city of Springfield, UIS is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UIS are $11,111 a year.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at University of Illinois at Springfield

#3

Adler University

Chicago, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Adler University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. Located in the large city of Chicago, Adler is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Adler are $42,004 a year.

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Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 473
Ohio 514
Indiana 345
Wisconsin 179

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 3 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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