2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k” 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 Far Western US region, there were 2,047 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,256 and $33,666 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 72 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in human services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality human services programs that also have a lower cost than 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.

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Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Services (Income $48-$75k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

George Fox University

Newberg, Oregon

$14,247 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, George Fox University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Newberg, Oregon, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified masters’s human services students in 2019-2020.

GFU also took the #0 spot in our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at GFU are $14,247.

Full George Fox University Human Services Report

#2

The University of Arizona Global Campus

San Diego, California

#2 in overall quality

$14,664 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Arizona Global Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. San Diego, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s human services degrees to 26 students in 2019-2020.

UAGC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Arizona Global Campus are $14,664, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Human Services at UAGC

#3

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, California

#1 in overall quality

$26,710 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of San Francisco landed the #3 spot on the list. University of San Francisco is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in San Francisco, California. It awarded 11 masters’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

USFCA also made our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of San Francisco are $26,710, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Human Services at University of San Francisco

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Services (Income $48-$75k)

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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