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2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
221 Degrees Awarded
$16,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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 for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 the Great Lakes region, there were 974 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,253 and $27,932 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 221 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in human services. 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Services (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh is located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s human services degrees to qualified students.

UW Oshkosh also made our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UW Oshkosh are $18,744.

Read full report on Human Services at UW Oshkosh

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Springfield. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This small school is located in Springfield, Illinois, and it awarded 22 masters’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

UIS also made our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Springfield are $16,757, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Human Services at University of Illinois at Springfield

#3

National Louis University

Chicago, Illinois
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, National Louis University landed the #3 spot on the list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s human services degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree human services students whose families make $0-$30k list, NLU has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at National Louis University are $12,096, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Human Services at National Louis University

#4

Cleveland State University

Cleveland, Ohio
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cleveland State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Cleveland, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s human services degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Cleveland State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cleveland State University are $17,622, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, Illinois
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia University, Chicago. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Concordia University, Chicago is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in River Forest, Illinois. It awarded 10 masters’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Concordia University, Chicago, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Concordia University, Chicago are $9,378, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Human Services at Concordia University, Chicago

#6

Roosevelt University

Chicago, Illinois

Roosevelt University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #6. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s human services degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Roosevelt also took the #0 spot in our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Roosevelt University are $21,605.

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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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