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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Services (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

8 Ranked Colleges
395 Degrees Awarded
$11,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Plains States region, there were 1,652 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,498 and $29,110 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 395 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in human services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality human services programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Plains States 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 Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Services (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Winona State University

Winona, Minnesota
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Winona State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Winona, Minnesota, this medium-sized public school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s human services students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Winona State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Winona State are $12,378, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Human Services at Winona State

#2

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, South Dakota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Dakota. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. USD is a medium-sized school located in Vermillion, South Dakota that handed out 39 masters’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

USD also made our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Dakota are $12,637, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of South Dakota Human Services Report

#6 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the #2 spot on the list. Mankato, Minnesota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s human services degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Minnesota State Mankato also took the #6 spot in our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Minnesota State Mankato are $8,788.

Full Minnesota State Mankato Human Services Report

#4

Bellevue University

Bellevue, Nebraska

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bellevue University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Bellevue University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bellevue, Nebraska. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Bellevue University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Bellevue University are $11,385.

Read more about Human Services at Bellevue University

#5

Concordia University, Saint Paul

Saint Paul, Minnesota

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Concordia University, Saint Paul landed the #5 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and it awarded 25 masters’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

Concordia University, Saint Paul did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Concordia University, Saint Paul are $8,550.

Read more about Human Services at Concordia University, Saint Paul

#6

Capella University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Capella University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s human services degrees to 39 students in 2019-2020.

Capella University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Capella University are $14,767.

Read full report on Human Services at Capella University

#7

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri
#8 in overall quality

Webster University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking, coming in at #7. Webster is a medium-sized school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 17 masters’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

Webster also took the #8 spot in our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Webster University are $13,500, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Human Services at Webster University

Concordia University, Nebraska landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. This small school is located in Seward, Nebraska, and it awarded 1 masters’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Concordia University, Nebraska, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Concordia University, Nebraska are $8,650, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Human Services at Concordia University, Nebraska

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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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