2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Human Services (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,585 general human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 38 general human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general human services programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general human services program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Master’s in the Southwest Region 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 Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Human Services (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

East Central University

Ada, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$11,568 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, East Central University landed the #1 spot on the list. East Central University is a public institution located in Ada, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 38 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

ECU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at ECU are $11,568, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Human Services at ECU

• 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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