2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Human Services (Income $0-$30k) in Oregon

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Human Services Schools for an Associate in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 12,645 people earned their degree in human services, making the major the 74th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, human services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $30,302 and had an average of $28,284 in loans still to pay off.

Across Oregon, there were 140 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,300 and $38,466 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 8 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

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

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the human services program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Human Services Schools for an Associate in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Human Services Schools for an Associate in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Human Services (Income $0-$30k) in Oregon

#1

Umpqua Community College

Roseburg, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$8,749 Average Net Price

$26,353 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Human Services Schools for an Associate in Oregon For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Umpqua Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Roseburg, Oregon, and it awarded 5 associates’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Umpqua Community College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Human Services Associate Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. It costs about $8,749 for Oregon Associate Degree Human Services students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Umpqua Community College.

Read full report on Human Services at Umpqua Community College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Human Services (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for 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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