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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$16,344 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$45,300 Avg Salary

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

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, mental and social health services was ranked #20 in the country. In fact 16,815 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 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 the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in the Southwest 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. 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 the Southwest 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.

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

Our analysis found Arizona State University - Skysong to be the best value school for mental and social health services students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southwest Region . ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Scottsdale.

ASU - Skysong graduate students pay an average of $9,982 in tuition and fees each year.

ASU - Skysong also took the #2 spot in our Best Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Arizona State University - Skysong

#2

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Grand Canyon University is a great value for mental and social health services students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Grand Canyon University graduate students pay an average of $11,538 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Grand Canyon University

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Houston Baptist University is a great value for mental and social health services students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Houston, HBU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at HBU are $13,400 per year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Abilene Christian University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mental and social health services schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Abilene, Abilene Christian is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Abilene Christian graduate students pay an average of $24,174 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Abilene Christian University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico Highlands University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. New Mexico Highlands University is a small public school located in the town of Las Vegas.

New Mexico Highlands University graduate students pay an average of $11,154 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at New Mexico Highlands University

Arizona State University - Tempe ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the city of Tempe.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at ASU - Tempe are $24,432 per year.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Arizona State University - Tempe

The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate mental and social health services programs. UTSA is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Antonio.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UTSA are $27,560 a year.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at The University of Texas at San Antonio

Best Mental & Social Health Services Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 831
Arizona 1,466
Oklahoma 35
New Mexico 163

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 7 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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