2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid

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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 Maryland, there were 172 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,133 and $28,820 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 24 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,477 and $45,000 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent human services programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the human services program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Services in Maryland (With Aid)

#1

University of Baltimore

Baltimore, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$21,614 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$43,314 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Baltimore landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and it awarded 20 masters’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

UB also made our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Baltimore are $21,614.

Full UB Human Services Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Services in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Services (With Aid)

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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