Human Services is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #74 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Connecticut to determine which ones were the best for human services students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 268 degrees in human services annually.
The human services program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Human Services rankings. For our Best Overall Human Services School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Schools in Connecticut.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the human services degrees they offer, see the list below.
Capital Community College is a great option for students pursuing a degree in human services. Capital Community College is a very large public college located in the city of Hartford. A Best Colleges rank of #255 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Capital Community College is a great college overall.
There were about 1 human services students who graduated with this degree at Capital Community College in the most recent data year.
Goodwin College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in human services. Located in the city of East Hartford, Goodwin is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
There were approximately 26 human services students who graduated with this degree at Goodwin in the most recent year we have data available. Human Services degree recipients from Goodwin College get an earnings boost of approximately $14,384 above the average earnings of human services graduates.
Any student pursuing a degree in human services needs to take a look at Post University. Post University is a very large private for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Waterbury. This university ranks 16th out of 18 schools for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were approximately 138 human services students who graduated with this degree at Post University in the most recent data year. Human Services degree recipients from Post University get an earnings boost of about $8,072 above the average income of human services graduates.
Every student who is interested in human services needs to look into Albertus Magnus College. Located in the medium-sized city of New Haven, Albertus Magnus is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 1132nd out of 2,152 schools for overall quality nationwide.
There were roughly 14 human services students who graduated with this degree at Albertus Magnus in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
The human services program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Human Services rankings. For our Best Overall Human Services School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
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