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2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Schools in Georgia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$17,441 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$37,106 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mental & Social Health Services School for You

With 142 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, mental and social health services is the #36 most popular major in Georgia.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Schools in Georgia to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Georgia to see which 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.

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

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

2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Schools in Georgia

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

Best Georgia Schools for Affordable Quality in Mental & Social Health Services

#1

University of Georgia

Athens, GA
$12,068 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Georgia the best value school in Georgia for mental and social health services students. Located in the medium-sized city of Athens, UGA is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UGA are $12,068 per year.

UGA also took the #4 spot in our Best Mental & Social Health Services Schools in Georgia rankings.

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

$6,583 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Valdosta State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best mental and social health services schools in Georgia. VSU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Valdosta.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at VSU are $6,583 a year.

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#3

Fort Valley State University

Fort Valley, GA
$5,832 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fort Valley State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Schools in Georgia list. Located in the fringe town of Fort Valley, Fort Valley State University is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Fort Valley State University are $5,832 a year.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at Fort Valley State University Report

$18,000 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 6 schools in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, South University, Savannah landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Savannah, South University, Savannah is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

South University, Savannah undergraduate students pay an average of $18,000 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Mercer University

Macon, GA
$29,324 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Mercer University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best mental and social health services schools in Georgia. Located in the midsize city of Macon, Mercer is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Mercer are $29,324 a year.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at Mercer University Report

#6

LaGrange College

Lagrange, GA
$32,840 Average Tuition & Fees

LaGrange College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for mental and social health services students. It came in at #6 on the list. LaGrange is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Lagrange.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at LaGrange are $32,840 per year.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at LaGrange College

Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

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

One of 29 majors within the area of study, mental and social health services has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 6 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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