If you plan on getting your master's degree in human services, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #104 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for human services students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 69 master's degrees in human services to qualified students.
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to human services students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - The number of human services students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How easy is it for human services to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
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 colleges for human services students working on their master's degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Human Services Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Human Services in the New England Region
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in human services.
Top New England Region Schools for a Master's in Human Services
Post University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in human services. Located in the suburb of Waterbury, Post University is a private for-profit university with a large student population.
Those human services students who get their master's degree from Post University make $6,887 more than the typical human services grad.
Albertus Magnus College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in human services. Albertus Magnus is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of New Haven.
Students who graduate with their master's from the human services program report average early career income of $42,342.
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).
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