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Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in Maryland

2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in Maryland

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$6,566 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

Mental & Social Health Services is one of the most popular subjects to study in Maryland. With 364 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 6th out of all the majors we track in the state.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.

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

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

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Best Maryland Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Mental & Social Health Services

Our 2023 rankings named Baltimore City Community College the best value school in Maryland for mental & social health services students working on their basic certificate. Baltimore City Community College is a small public school located in the large city of Baltimore.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Baltimore City Community College are $3,314 per year.

Baltimore City Community College also made our Best Mental & Social Health Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Maryland list, coming in at #1.

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#2

Chesapeake College

Wye Mills, MD

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Chesapeake College is a great value for mental & social health services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the rural area of Wye Mills, Chesapeake College is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Chesapeake College are $6,344 a year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Anne Arundel Community College is a great value for mental & social health services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the large suburb of Arnold, AACC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at AACC are $9,230 per year.

AACC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Maryland list.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at College of Southern Maryland helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mental & social health services schools in Maryland. Located in the rural area of La Plata, CSM is a public college with a small student population.

CSM undergraduate students pay an average of $7,200 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

CSM also took the #4 spot in our Best Mental & Social Health Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Maryland rankings.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Hagerstown Community College is a great value for mental & social health services students working on their basic certificate. HCC is a small public school located in the suburb of Hagerstown.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at HCC are $6,390 a year.

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With a ranking of #6, Community College of Baltimore County did quite well on this year’s best value schools for mental & social health services students working on their basic certificate. CCBC is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Baltimore.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CCBC are $6,918 a year.

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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 Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 553
Pennsylvania 416
New Jersey 150
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

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 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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