2024 Best Human Services Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

Human Services is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #104 most popular master's degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Human Services Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 146 master's degrees in human services to qualified students.

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on human services students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other human services students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt human services students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized human services related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for human services students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Human Services Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list to help you make the college decision.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Human Services in the Far Western US Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in human services.

Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Master's in Human Services

1

University of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

13 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat University of San Francisco if you wish to pursue a master's degree in human services. USFCA is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of San Francisco.More information about a master’s in human services from University of San Francisco

2

The University of Arizona Global Campus
San Diego, CA

97 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat The University of Arizona Global Campus if you want to pursue a master's degree in human services. UAGC is a very large private for-profit university located in the city of San Diego.More information about a master’s in human services from The University of Arizona Global Campus

Best Human Services Colleges by State

Explore the best human services colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	253	141
Washington	183	0
Oregon	158	5

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Rankings in Majors Related to Human Services

Human Services is one of 4 different types of Public Administration & Social Service programs to choose from.

Human Services Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Human Services	146

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Public Administration	1,947
Public Policy	536
Other Public Administration	24
Community Organization & Advocacy	8

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to University of the Fraser Valley. More about our data sources and methodologies.