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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$16,546 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$45,300 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 145 degrees and certificates were awarded to mental and social health services students who went to a New Jersey college or university. This makes it the #36 most popular major in the state.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in New Jersey 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.

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 New Jersey

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 New Jersey Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Mental & Social Health Services

Our analysis found The College of New Jersey to be the best value school for mental and social health services students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in New Jersey. Located in the suburb of Ewing, TCNJ is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at TCNJ are $15,031 per year.

TCNJ did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at The College of New Jersey Report

#2

Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Montclair State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list. Located in the suburb of Montclair, Montclair State is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Montclair State are $13,519 per year.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at Montclair State University Report

#3

Kean University

Union, NJ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kean University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list. Located in the suburb of Union, Kean is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Kean are $17,476 a year.

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#4

Rider University

Lawrenceville, NJ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rider University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list. Located in the large suburb of Lawrenceville, Rider is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Rider are $20,159 per year.

Rider also made our Best Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list, coming in at #4.

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

Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 1,127
Pennsylvania 475
Maryland 268
District of Columbia 24
Delaware 34

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 4 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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