2022 Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Human Services is the 62nd most popular major in the country with 12,645 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 66 general human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general human services. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general human services programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general human services program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Human Services (Income $0-$30k)

#1

Capella University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$14,767 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k list. Capella University is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 10 doctorate’s general human services degrees in 2019-2020.

Capella University also made our “Best General Human Services Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Capella University are $14,767, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Capella University General Human Services Report

#2

The University of Arizona Global Campus

San Diego, California

#3 in overall quality

$14,664 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Doctorate For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Arizona Global Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in San Diego, California, this large private for-profit school handed out 5 degrees to qualified doctorate’s general human services students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UAGC, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Human Services Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Arizona Global Campus are $14,664.

Full UAGC General Human Services Report

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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