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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Human Services in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

7 Ranked Colleges
1,338 Degrees Awarded
$18,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Southwest region, there were 1,585 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,933 and $34,648 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,338 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 7 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.

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.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Human Services in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Phoenix - Arizona. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s human services degrees to 384 students in 2019-2020.

UOPX - Arizona also took the #1 spot in our “Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $12,944 for southwest region bachelor’s degree human services students with aid per year to attend UOPX - Arizona.

Read full report on Human Services at University of Phoenix - Arizona

#2

East Central University

Ada, Oklahoma

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Central University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Ada, Oklahoma, this small public school handed out 36 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s human services students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree human services students with aid list, ECU has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for East Central University is $10,334 for southwest region bachelor’s degree human services students with aid.

Full East Central University Human Services Report

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the #3 spot on the list. Denton, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s human services degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNT, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $15,086 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Human Services students with aid per year to attend UNT.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full University of North Texas Human Services Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southwestern Christian University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. This small school is located in Bethany, Oklahoma, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

SCU also made our “Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for SCU is $20,201 for southwest region bachelor’s degree human services students with aid.

Read more about Human Services at Southwestern Christian University

#5

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Grand Canyon University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Grand Canyon University is a large school located in Phoenix, Arizona that handed out 776 bachelors’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree human services students with aid list, Grand Canyon University has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Grand Canyon University is $21,020 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Human Services students with aid.

Read more about Human Services at Grand Canyon University

#6

Wayland Baptist University

Plainview, Texas

Wayland Baptist University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Wayland Baptist University is located in Plainview, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 68 bachelors’s human services degrees to qualified students.

Wayland Baptist University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $25,152 for southwest region bachelor’s degree human services students with aid per year to attend Wayland Baptist University.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full Wayland Baptist University Human Services Report

Southwestern Assemblies of God University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Waxahachie, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s human services degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Southwestern Assemblies of God University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $24,982 for southwest region bachelor’s degree human services students with aid per year to attend Southwestern Assemblies of God University.

Read more about Human Services at Southwestern Assemblies of God University

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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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