2022 Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” 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.

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 Getting Aid” 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Human Services (With Aid)

#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 Getting Aid list. Capella University is a large private for-profit school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 10 doctorate’s general human services degrees in 2019-2020.

Capella University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Human Services Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Capella University are $14,767, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Human Services at Capella University

#2

The University of Arizona Global Campus

San Diego, California

#3 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 #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in San Diego, California, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s general human services degrees in 2019-2020.

UAGC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Human Services Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UAGC are $14,664, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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