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2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

8 Ranked Colleges
395 Degrees Awarded
$11,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master's in the Plains States 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. 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 the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 the Plains States region, there were 1,652 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,498 and $29,110 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 395 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in human services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality human services programs that also have a lower cost than 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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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 the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States 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 Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Services in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, South Dakota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Dakota. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Vermillion, South Dakota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s human services degrees to 39 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree human services students with aid list, USD has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Dakota are $12,637, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Human Services at USD

#2

Winona State University

Winona, Minnesota
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Winona State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Winona State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Winona, Minnesota. It awarded 9 masters’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

Winona State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Winona State University are $12,378.

Full Winona State Human Services Report

#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Mankato, Minnesota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s human services degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Minnesota State Mankato also made our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #6. Average graduate tuition and fees at Minnesota State Mankato are $8,788, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Minnesota State University - Mankato Human Services Report

#4

Bellevue University

Bellevue, Nebraska

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Bellevue University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Bellevue, Nebraska, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 7 degrees to qualified masters’s human services students in 2019-2020.

Bellevue University also made our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at Bellevue University are $11,385, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Bellevue University Human Services Report

#5

Concordia University, Saint Paul

Saint Paul, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia University, Saint Paul. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Concordia University, Saint Paul is a medium-sized school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota that handed out 25 masters’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

Concordia University, Saint Paul not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Concordia University, Saint Paul are $8,550, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Human Services at Concordia University, Saint Paul

#6

Capella University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Capella University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. Capella University is a private for-profit institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a large population, and it awarded 39 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Capella University, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Capella University are $14,767, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Human Services at Capella University

#7

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri
#8 in overall quality

Webster University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Webster is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 17 masters’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Webster, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Webster are $13,500, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Human Services at Webster University

Concordia University, Nebraska did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #8. This small school is located in Seward, Nebraska, and it awarded 1 masters’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

Concordia University, Nebraska also took the #0 spot in our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Concordia University, Nebraska are $8,650, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Human Services at Concordia University, Nebraska

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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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