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Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in New Jersey

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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$6,695 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Mental & Social Health Services Basic Certificate 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.

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 New Jersey to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in New Jersey 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.

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 Basic Certificate Schools in New Jersey

Check out the mental health services basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

#1

Camden County College

Blackwood, NJ

Our 2023 rankings named Camden County College the best value school in New Jersey for mental & social health services students working on their basic certificate. Camden County College is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Blackwood.

Camden County College undergraduate students pay an average of $3,744 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at Camden County College Report

#2

Ocean County College

Toms River, NJ

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Ocean County College is a great value for mental & social health services students working on their basic certificate. OCC is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Toms River.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at OCC are $5,320 a year.

OCC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in New Jersey list.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Raritan Valley Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mental & social health services schools in New Jersey. RVCC is a medium-sized public school located in the rural area of Branchburg.

RVCC undergraduate students pay an average of $7,296 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

RVCC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in New Jersey list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Passaic County Community College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in New Jersey list. PCCC is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Paterson.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at PCCC are $7,350 a year.

PCCC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in New Jersey list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Hudson County Community College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in New Jersey list. HCCC is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Jersey City.

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