2022 Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across California, there were 1,552 general human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 55 general human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general human services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general human services programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general human services program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for california master’s degree general human services students whose families make $0-$30k.

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

#1

The University of Arizona Global Campus

San Diego, California

#2 in overall quality

$14,664 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Arizona Global Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k list. UAGC is located in San Diego, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 26 masters’s general human services degrees to qualified students.

UAGC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. 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.

Read more about General Human Services at UAGC

#2

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, California

#1 in overall quality

$26,710 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of San Francisco landed the #2 spot on the list. San Francisco, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s general human services degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USFCA, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at USFCA are $26,710.

Read more about General Human Services at University of San Francisco

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Human Services (Income $0-$30k)

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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