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Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$45,127 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,158 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor's 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.

The Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Pennsylvania to see which bachelor's 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.

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Mental & Social Health Services

#2

Lackawanna College

Scranton, PA

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Lackawanna College helped the school earn the #2 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 city of Scranton.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Lackawanna College are $17,340 a year. The average amount in student loans that mental health services majors at Lackawanna College take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $35,258.

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#3

Alvernia University

Reading, PA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Alvernia University is a great value for mental & social health services students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Reading, Alvernia is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Alvernia are $40,750 a year.

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#4

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Pennsylvania helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mental & social health services schools in Pennsylvania. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

UPenn undergraduate students pay an average of $63,452 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UPenn did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in Pennsylvania list.

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#5

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Drexel University is a great value for mental & social health services students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Drexel are $58,965 a year. Mental Health Services majors at Drexel take out an average of $21,354 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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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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