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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

20 Colleges
$19,971 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.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

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 the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 20 schools in the Southeast Region 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top 10 Best Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

Union College Kentucky

Barbourville, KY

Our analysis found Union College Kentucky to be the best value school for mental and social health services students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southeast Region . Located in the town of Barbourville, Union College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Union College are $8,210 per year.

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#1

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

Our 2023 rankings named Liberty University the best value school in the Southeast Region for mental and social health services students working on their graduate certificate. Liberty University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lynchburg.

Liberty University graduate students pay an average of $8,360 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Lindsey Wilson College

Columbia, KY

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Lindsey Wilson College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mental and social health services schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the remote town of Columbia, Lindsey Wilson College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Lindsey Wilson College are $9,719 per year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Arkansas State University - Main Campus is a great value for mental and social health services students working on their graduate certificate. A-State is a large public school located in the city of Jonesboro.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at A-State are $11,408 a year.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at Arkansas State University - Main Campus Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Commonwealth University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. VCU is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Richmond.

VCU graduate students pay an average of $29,546 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at Virginia Commonwealth University Report

#6

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

East Carolina University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate mental and social health services programs. ECU is a very large public school located in the city of Greenville.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at ECU are $20,743 a year.

ECU also claimed a spot on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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#7

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

With a ranking of #7, Western Kentucky University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for mental and social health services students working on their graduate certificate. WKU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Bowling Green.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WKU are $18,340 per year.

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#8

Mercer University

Macon, GA

With a ranking of #8, Mercer University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for mental and social health services students working on their graduate certificate. Mercer is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Macon.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mercer are $15,544 per year.

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#8

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

University of Memphis 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 #8 on the list. UofM is a fairly large public school located in the city of Memphis.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UofM are $14,544 a year.

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The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Chattanooga, UT Chattanooga is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Chattanooga are $18,538 a year.

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Best Mental & Social Health Services Colleges by State

Explore the best mental and social health services schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 1,249
Florida 1,034
Georgia 142
North Carolina 310
Tennessee 215
Kentucky 168
Louisiana 87
Alabama 143
South Carolina 59
Mississippi 35
Arkansas 156
West Virginia 23

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

Majors Similar to Mental Health Services

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 20 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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