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2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$6,325 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,728 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 219 degrees and certificates were awarded to mental and social health services students who went to a New Jersey college or university. This makes it the #77 most popular major in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in New Jersey to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for mental health services students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey

Check out the mental health services associate degree 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 Associate in Mental & Social Health Services

#1

Camden County College

Blackwood, NJ

Our analysis found Camden County College to be the best value school for mental and social health services students who want to pursue a associate degree in New Jersey. Located in the large suburb of Blackwood, Camden County College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Camden County College are $3,744 a year. The average amount in student loans that mental health services majors at Camden County College take out while working on their Associate Degree is $17,076.

Full Mental & Social Health Services at Camden County College Report

The excellent associate degree programs at Atlantic Cape Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value mental and social health services schools in New Jersey. Located in the rural area of Mays Landing, Atlantic Cape Community College is a public college with a small student population.

Atlantic Cape Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,840 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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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 #3 on this year’s Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey list. Located in the large city of Jersey City, HCCC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at HCCC are $8,390 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 Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 750
New York 1,622
Maryland 461
District of Columbia 24
Delaware 76

Mental & Social Health Services is one of 30 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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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