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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Services (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

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 $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

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 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.

This year’s “Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the human services program at the school. 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 $30-$48k

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 $30-$48k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Services (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Springfield. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Springfield, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s human services degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

UIS did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Springfield are $16,757, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UIS Human Services Report

#2 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 $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh is a fairly large public school situated in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. It awarded 8 masters’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW Oshkosh, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW Oshkosh are $18,744, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Human Services at UW Oshkosh

#3

National Louis University

Chicago, Illinois
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National Louis University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. National Louis University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 17 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NLU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at National Louis University are $12,096, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full NLU Human Services Report

#4

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 #4 on our 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. River Forest, 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 10 students in 2019-2020.

Concordia University, Chicago also took 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.

Full Concordia University, Chicago Human Services Report

#5

Cleveland State University

Cleveland, Ohio
#6 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 $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Cleveland State University landed the #5 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Cleveland, Ohio, and it awarded 5 masters’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

Cleveland State University also made our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #6. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Cleveland State University are $17,622.

Full Cleveland State University Human Services Report

#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 $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s human services students in 2019-2020.

Roosevelt not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Roosevelt are $21,605, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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