Human Services is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #74 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Washington to determine which ones were the best for human services students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 238 degrees in human services to qualified students.
The human services program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Human Services rankings. For our Best Overall Human Services School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Human Services Schools in Washington list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the human services degrees they offer, see the list below.
Western Washington University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in human services. WWU is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Bellingham. A Best Colleges rank of #287 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means WWU is a great university overall.
There were about 95 human services students who graduated with this degree at WWU in the most recent data year. Those human services students who get their degree from Western Washington University earn $2,212 more than the standard human services grad.
Every student who is interested in human services needs to check out Tacoma Community College. Tacoma Community College is a moderately-sized public college located in the city of Tacoma. This college ranks 29th out of 50 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were roughly 43 human services students who graduated with this degree at Tacoma Community College in the most recent year we have data available. Human Services degree recipients from Tacoma Community College get an earnings boost of about $3,733 over the average income of human services majors.
Every student pursuing a degree in human services has to look into Central Washington University. Located in the distant town of Ellensburg, CWU is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 6th out of 50 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were approximately 47 human services students who graduated with this degree at CWU in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the human services program state that they receive average early career wages of $36,644.
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).
The human services program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Human Services rankings. For our Best Overall Human Services School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
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