2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Services in Pennsylvania (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Getting Aid” ranking.

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 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.

This year’s “Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in human services. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great human services programs and 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Services in Pennsylvania (With Aid)

#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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Lincoln University landed the #1 spot on the list. Lincoln is located in Lincoln University, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 41 masters’s human services degrees to qualified students.

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

Read more about Human Services at Lincoln

#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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Chestnut Hill College landed the #2 spot on the list. Chestnut Hill College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 20 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

CHC also made our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at CHC are $17,625, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Human Services at Chestnut Hill College

• 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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