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Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$19,016 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, mental & social health services was ranked #15 in the country. In fact 30,331 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2021-2022.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience.

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 the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region 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.

2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Basic Certificate Colleges.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Trinidad State Junior College the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for mental & social health services students working on their basic certificate. Trinidad State Junior College is a small public school located in the town of Trinidad.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Trinidad State Junior College are $8,360 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Trinidad State Junior College also did well on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Utah Valley University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the small city of Orem, UVU is a public school with a very large student population.

UVU undergraduate students pay an average of $17,830 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Community College of Denver. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the city of Denver, CCD is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

CCD undergraduate students pay an average of $16,235 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Colorado Mesa University

Grand Junction, CO

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado Mesa University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado Mesa is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Grand Junction.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Colorado Mesa are $23,019 a year.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at The University of Montana helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mental & social health services schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . UM is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Missoula.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UM are $29,634 per year.

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Best Mental & Social Health Services Colleges by State

Explore the best mental & social health services schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 72
Utah 17
Idaho 1
Montana 32
Wyoming 15

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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