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Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$13,159 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,728 Avg Salary

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

In 2021-2022, 416 degrees and certificates were awarded to mental & social health services students who went to a Pennsylvania college or university. This makes it the #14 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Pennsylvania 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.

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 Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for mental health services majors pursuing a associate degree.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Montgomery County Community College the best value school in Pennsylvania for mental & social health services students working on their associate degree. Located in the large suburb of Blue Bell, Montco is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Montco are $10,650 per year. On average, mental health services graduates from Montco take out $14,889 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pennsylvania Institute of Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the suburb of Media, Pennsylvania Institute of Technology is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

Pennsylvania Institute of Technology undergraduate students pay an average of $14,175 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Pennsylvania Institute of Technology

#4

Lackawanna College

Scranton, PA

The excellent associate degree programs at Lackawanna College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mental & social health services schools in Pennsylvania. Lackawanna College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Scranton.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Lackawanna College are $17,340 a year. On average, mental health services graduates from Lackawanna College take out $24,535 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Reading Area Community College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the city of Reading, RACC is a public school with a small student population.

RACC undergraduate students pay an average of $10,470 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Mental & Social Health Services at Reading Area Community College

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 553
New Jersey 150
Maryland 364
Delaware 44

Mental & Social Health Services is one of 11 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

Mental Health Services Focus Areas

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

Majors Similar to Mental Health Services

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 5 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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