2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Human Services Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Plains States region, there were 1,652 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,498 and $29,110 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 57 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The human services school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Human Services Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k”.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Value Human Services Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Human Services Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Human Services (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Capella University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$14,767 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$71,486 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out doctorate’s human services degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

Capella University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Human Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Capella University are $14,767, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Capella University Human Services Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Human Services (Income $75-$110k)

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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