2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Services in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes 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 Great Lakes region, there were 974 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,253 and $27,932 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 221 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid.
Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Services in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)
Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and it awarded 8 masters’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.
UW Oshkosh also took the #2 spot in our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UW Oshkosh are $18,744.
Read more about Human Services at University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Springfield. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. UIS is a small public school situated in Springfield, Illinois. It awarded 22 masters’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.
UIS not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIS are $16,757, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend National Louis University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s human services degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.
NLU also made our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at National Louis University are $12,096, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Cleveland State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Cleveland State University is located in Cleveland, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 masters’s human services degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cleveland State University, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cleveland State University are $17,622, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia University, Chicago. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. Concordia University, Chicago is located in River Forest, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 masters’s human services degrees to qualified students.
Concordia University, Chicago did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Concordia University, Chicago are $9,378, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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Roosevelt University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Roosevelt is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 masters’s human services degrees to qualified students.
Roosevelt also made our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Roosevelt University are $21,605, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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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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