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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Human Services Schools in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Human Services is the 74th most popular major in the country with 12,645 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Michigan, there were 87 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,700 and $44,875 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Human Services Schools in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in human services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent human services programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the 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.

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 Value Human Services Schools in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Human Services Schools in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k

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

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Human Services (Income $0-$30k) in Michigan

#1

Grace Christian University

Wyoming, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$10,851 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Grace Christian University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Human Services Schools in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k. Grace Christian University is located in Wyoming, Michigan and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 61 ’s human services degrees to qualified students.

Grace did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Human Services Schools in Michigan” list. It costs about $10,851 for Michigan Human Services students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Grace.

Read more about Human Services at Grace

#2

Cornerstone University

Grand Rapids, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$18,169 Average Net Price

$41,475 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornerstone University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools in Michigan For Those Making $0-$30k list. Cornerstone is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 ’s human services degrees to qualified students.

Cornerstone not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Human Services Schools in Michigan” list. The yearly cost to attend Cornerstone is $18,169 for Michigan Human Services students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Cornerstone University Human Services Report

• Best Value Colleges for Human Services (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value 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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