2025 Best Human Services Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

a master's degree in human services is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #104 out of 343 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for human services students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 44 master's degrees in human services to qualified students.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on human services students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other human services students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt human services students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized human services related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for human services students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The human services school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Human Services Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Human Services in the Southwest Region

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for human services students seeking a a master's degree.

Top Southwest Region Schools for a Master's in Human Services

1

Wayland Baptist University
Plainview, TX

18 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in human services has to check out Wayland Baptist University. Wayland Baptist University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the remote town of Plainview.More information about a master’s in human services from Wayland Baptist University

2

East Central University
Ada, OK

22 Annual Graduates

$43,213 Median Starting Salary

East Central University is a wonderful decision for individuals interested in a master's degree in human services. Located in the remote town of Ada, ECU is a public university with a small student population.

Students who graduate with their master's from the human services program state that they receive average early career wages of $43,213.

More information about a master’s in human services from East Central University

Best Human Services Colleges by State

Explore the best human services colleges for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	235	5
Arizona	180	5
Oklahoma	153	17

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Rankings in Majors Related to Human Services

Human Services is one of 4 different types of Public Administration & Social Service programs to choose from.

Human Services Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Human Services	44

Most Popular Majors Related to Human Services

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Public Administration	1,233
Public Policy	293
Community Organization & Advocacy	29

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to University of the Fraser Valley. More about our data sources and methodologies.