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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$20,125 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$45,300 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 475 degrees and certificates were awarded to mental and social health services students who went to a Pennsylvania college or university. This makes it the #31 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.

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 Pennsylvania ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania

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

#1

Lock Haven University

Lock Haven, PA

Our 2023 rankings named Lock Haven University the best value school in Pennsylvania for mental and social health services students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the distant town of Lock Haven, LHU is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at LHU are $12,519 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend California University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. Cal U is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of California.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cal U are $12,919 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Clarion University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. Clarion University is a small public school located in the town of Clarion.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Clarion University are $12,179 a year.

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#4

Immaculata University

Immaculata, PA

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Immaculata University is a great value for mental and social health services students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Immaculata, Immaculata is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Immaculata are $12,780 a year.

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#5

Elizabethtown College

Elizabethtown, PA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Elizabethtown College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mental and social health services schools in Pennsylvania. Etown is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Elizabethtown.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Etown are $34,000 per year.

Etown not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list.

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#6

Carlow University

Pittsburgh, PA

Carlow University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate mental and social health services programs. Carlow is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Pittsburgh.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Carlow are $20,812 per year.

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University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. Pitt is a very large public school located in the city of Pittsburgh.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Pitt are $25,248 a year. The average amount in student loans that mental health services majors at Pitt take out while working on their Graduate Certificate is $22,453.

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#8

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

Drexel University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate mental and social health services programs. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Drexel graduate students pay an average of $37,074 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 1,127
Maryland 268
New Jersey 145
District of Columbia 24
Delaware 34

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 8 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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