2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Services (Income $75-$110k) in Pennsylvania

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 Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.

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 $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania master’s degree human services students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Services (Income $75-$110k) in Pennsylvania

#1

Lincoln University

Lincoln University, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$18,942 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$44,468 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Lincoln University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 41 masters’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

Lincoln also made our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lincoln are $18,942, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Lincoln University 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

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Chestnut Hill College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 20 degrees to qualified masters’s human services students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CHC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at CHC are $17,625.

Read full report on Human Services at Chestnut Hill College

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Services (Income $75-$110k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Master’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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