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

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$10,443 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

Out of the majors we analyze each year, mental & social health services was ranked 6th in Maine. In fact, 174 were awarded in the state in 2021-2022.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

The Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in Maine ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Maine 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. 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 Maine Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Mental & Social Health Services

Our 2023 rankings named University of Maine at Presque Isle the best value school in Maine for mental & social health services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the rural area of Presque Isle, UMPI is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UMPI are $8,750 a year.

UMPI did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Maine list.

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#2

University of Maine

Orono, ME

The excellent basic certificate programs at University of Maine helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mental & social health services schools in Maine. Located in the suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UMaine undergraduate students pay an average of $12,136 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UMaine is ranked #4 for overall quality for mental health services in Maine.

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Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 270
Connecticut 244
Rhode Island 31
New Hampshire 100
Vermont 4

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 2 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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