a bachelor's degree in human services is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #68 out of 363 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Washington to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of human services. Combined, these schools handed out 154 bachelor's degrees in human services to qualified students.
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on human services students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of human services students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How much debt human services students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized human services related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for human services students working on their bachelor's degree.
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 Human Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in Washington list to help you make the college decision.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Human Services in Washington
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in human services.
Top Washington Schools for a Bachelor's in Human Services
Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in human services has to look into Western Washington University. WWU is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Bellingham.
Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the human services program earn an average of $39,487 in the first couple years of their career.
Central Washington University is a good choice for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in human services. Located in the distant town of Ellensburg, CWU is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.
Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the human services program make about $36,644 for their early career.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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