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Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$10,523 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,710 Avg Salary

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

In 2021-2022, 169 degrees and certificates were awarded to mental & social health services students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #25 most popular major in the state.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for mental health services students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for mental health services majors pursuing a undergraduate certificate.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Mental & Social Health Services

Our analysis found Elgin Community College to be the best value school for mental & social health services students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Illinois. Located in the city of Elgin, ECC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ECC are $7,140 per year.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at Elgin Community College Report

#2

College of Lake County

Grayslake, IL

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at College of Lake County helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mental & social health services schools in Illinois. College of Lake County is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Grayslake.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at College of Lake County are $9,842 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, College of Lake County also is in the top 20% of our Best Mental & Social Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Illinois ranking.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Moraine Valley Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. Located in the suburb of Palos Hills, MVCC is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MVCC are $8,310 per year.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at Moraine Valley Community College Report

#4

Waubonsee Community College

Sugar Grove, IL

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Waubonsee Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mental & social health services schools in Illinois. Waubonsee is a moderately-sized public school located in the rural area of Sugar Grove.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Waubonsee are $10,626 per year.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at Waubonsee Community College Report

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Stautzenberger College - Rockford Career College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mental & social health services schools in Illinois. Located in the midsize city of Rockford, Stautzenberger College - Rockford Career College is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

Stautzenberger College - Rockford Career College undergraduate students pay an average of $16,699 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 148
Indiana 859
Wisconsin 536
Ohio 704

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 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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