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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in Florida For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Florida, there were 1,210 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,711 and $26,875 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 85 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,589 and $45,697 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in Florida For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 3 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Services in Florida (With Aid)

#1

University of South Florida - Main Campus

Tampa, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$21,126 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in Florida For Those Getting Aid list. USF Tampa is a large school located in Tampa, Florida that handed out 12 masters’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

USF Tampa not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at USF Tampa are $21,126, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Human Services at USF Tampa

#2

Saint Leo University

Saint Leo, Florida

#3 in overall quality

$14,568 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Leo University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in Florida For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Saint Leo, Florida, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 57 diplomas to qualified masters’s human services students in 2019-2020.

St. Leo University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at St. Leo University are $14,568.

Full St. Leo University Human Services Report

#3

Southeastern University

Lakeland, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$13,515 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in Florida For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeastern University landed the #3 spot on the list. Southeastern University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Lakeland, Florida. It awarded 16 masters’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SEU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in Florida” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southeastern University are $13,515, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Human Services at SEU

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Services in the Southeast 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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