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Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey

2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$6,325 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,728 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree School for You

With 150 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, mental & social health services is the #18 most popular major in New Jersey.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which trade school program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in New Jersey to see which associate degree 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. 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 Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey

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

Best New Jersey Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Mental & Social Health Services

#1

Camden County College

Blackwood, NJ

Our analysis found Camden County College to be the best value school for mental & social health services students who want to pursue a associate degree in New Jersey. Camden County College is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Blackwood.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Camden County College are $3,744 a year. After completing their Associate Degree, mental health services graduates from Camden County College carry an average student debtload of $18,927.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Atlantic Cape Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mental & social health services schools in New Jersey. Atlantic Cape Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Mays Landing.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Atlantic Cape Community College are $6,840 per year.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at Atlantic Cape Community College Report

Out of the 3 schools in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Hudson County Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. HCCC is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Jersey City.

HCCC undergraduate students pay an average of $8,390 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Hudson County Community College

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 553
Pennsylvania 416
Maryland 364
Delaware 44

One of 11 majors within the trade school area of study, mental & social health services has other similar majors worth exploring.

Mental Health Services Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor 8,344
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling 5,915
Other Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions 3,697
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling 3,683
Clinical/Medical Social Work 2,864
Psychiatric/Mental Health Services Technician 2,762
Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling 2,419
Genetic Counseling/Counselor 299
Clinical Pastoral Counseling/Patient Counseling 217
Trauma Counseling 104
Medical Family Therapy/Therapist 12
Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy 12
Hospice and Palliative Care 3

Related Major Annual Graduates
Health & Medical Administrative Services 88,600
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 85,339
Allied Health Professions 83,905
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 83,587
Health Sciences & Services 36,762

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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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