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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Pennsylvania, there were 520 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,018 and $26,227 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 61 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania master’s degree human services students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Services (Income $0-$30k) in Pennsylvania

#1

Lincoln University

Lincoln University, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$18,942 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$44,468 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lincoln University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, this small public school handed out 41 diplomas to qualified masters’s human services students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Lincoln, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lincoln University are $18,942, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Lincoln Human Services Report

#2

Chestnut Hill College

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$17,625 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$41,342 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chestnut Hill College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 20 diplomas to qualified masters’s human services students in 2019-2020.

CHC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Chestnut Hill College are $17,625, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Human Services at CHC

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• Best Value Master’s 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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