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Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Schools in Virginia

2023 Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Schools in Virginia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

23 Colleges
$11,299 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,208 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Mental & Social Health Services School for You

In 2020-2021, mental and social health services students earned 2,163 degrees and certificates from a Virginia school, making the subject the 9th in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Schools in Virginia ranking. Our analysis looked at 23 schools in Virginia to see which 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. 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.

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

Top 10 Best Mental & Social Health Services Schools

$4,806 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Thomas Nelson Community College the best value school in Virginia for mental and social health services students. Located in the medium-sized city of Hampton, TNCC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at TNCC are $4,806 per year.

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$4,725 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Wytheville Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best mental and social health services schools in Virginia. Located in the distant town of Wytheville, WCC is a public college with a small student population.

WCC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,725 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$5,355 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 23 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Western Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Virginia Western Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Roanoke.

Virginia Western Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,355 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Mental Health Services majors at Virginia Western Community College take out an average of $16,277 in student loans while working on their egree.

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$5,565 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 23 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Virginia Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Northern Virginia Community College is a very large public school located in the suburb of Annandale.

Northern Virginia Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,565 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Northern Virginia Community College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Mental & Social Health Services Schools in Virginia list.

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#5

Blue Ridge Community College

Weyers Cave, VA
$5,364 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Blue Ridge Community College is a great value for mental and social health services students. BRCC is a small public school located in the rural area of Weyers Cave.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at BRCC are $5,364 a year.

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$4,710 Average Tuition & Fees

Virginia Highlands Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Schools in Virginia ranking. VHCC is a small public school located in the suburb of Abingdon.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at VHCC are $4,710 a year.

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$4,695 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #7, Southside Virginia Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for mental and social health services students. Southside Virginia Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Alberta.

Southside Virginia Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,695 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that mental health services majors at Southside Virginia Community College take out is $9,874.

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$3,998 Average Tuition & Fees

Reynolds Community College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value mental and social health services programs. Reynolds Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Richmond.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Reynolds Community College are $3,998 a year. The average amount in student loans that mental health services majors at Reynolds Community College take out is $31,719.

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$4,800 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #9, John Tyler Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for mental and social health services students. Located in the large suburb of Chester, John Tyler Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at John Tyler Community College are $4,800 per year. On average, mental health services graduates from John Tyler Community College take out $20,999 in student loans while working on their degree.

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$5,561 Average Tuition & Fees

Tidewater Community College landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value mental and social health services programs. Tidewater Community College is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Norfolk.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Tidewater Community College are $5,561 per year. While working on their degree, mental health services majors at Tidewater Community College accumulate an average of around $24,781 in student debt.

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Best Value Mental & Social Health Services Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 154
North Carolina 710
Florida 1,223
Tennessee 218
Kentucky 238
South Carolina 70
Louisiana 135
Arkansas 242
Alabama 241
Mississippi 62
West Virginia 60

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 23 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).

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