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

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 $75-$110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 8 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the human services program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Services (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Winona State University

Winona, Minnesota
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Winona State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Winona State is located in Winona, Minnesota and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 masters’s human services degrees to qualified students.

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. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Winona State are $12,378.

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 $75-$110k. USD is a medium-sized public school situated in Vermillion, South Dakota. It awarded 39 masters’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

USD also took the #2 spot in our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at USD are $12,637, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Human Services at USD

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Minnesota State University - Mankato are $8,788, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Human Services at Minnesota State University - Mankato

#4

Bellevue University

Bellevue, Nebraska

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bellevue University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. 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 also took the #4 spot in our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Bellevue University are $11,385, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Bellevue University Human Services Report

#5

Concordia University, Saint Paul

Saint Paul, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia University, Saint Paul. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 25 degrees to qualified masters’s human services students in 2019-2020.

Concordia University, Saint Paul also took the #7 spot in our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Concordia University, Saint Paul are $8,550, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Human Services at Concordia University, Saint Paul

#6

Capella University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Capella University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Capella University is a private for-profit institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a large population, and it awarded 39 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree human services students whose families make $75-$110k list, Capella University has also earned the #5 rank 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 Capella University are $14,767.

Read more about Human Services at Capella University

#7

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri
#8 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Webster University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 17 diplomas to qualified masters’s human services students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Webster, the school also landed 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.

Full Webster University Human Services Report

Concordia University, Nebraska ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Seward, Nebraska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s human services degrees to 1 students 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. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Concordia University, Nebraska are $8,650.

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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