by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Human Services is the 74th most popular major in the country with 12,541 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , human services graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $32,429 and had an average of $27,166 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 1,252 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,090 and $31,789 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,117 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,130 and $22,381 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 16 colleges that offer a degree in human services. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in human services.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Southwest Region”.
Out of the 16 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern Christian University landed the #1 spot on the list. Southwestern Christian University is located in Bethany, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s human services degrees to qualified students.
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Out of the 16 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayland Baptist University landed the #2 spot on the list. Wayland Baptist University is located in Plainview, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 49 bachelors’s human services degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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Out of the 16 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, East Central University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Ada, Oklahoma, this small public school handed out 40 degrees to qualified bachelors’s human services students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Canyon University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Southwest Region list. Grand Canyon University is located in Phoenix, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 847 bachelors’s human services degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 16 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ottawa University - Surprise landed the #5 spot on the list. Ottawa University - Surprise is a small school located in Surprise, Arizona that handed out 2 bachelors’s human services degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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Ottawa University - Phoenix came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Ottawa University - Phoenix is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Phoenix, Arizona. It awarded 10 bachelors’s human services degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on Human Services at Ottawa University - Phoenix
Southwestern Assemblies of God University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. Southwestern Assemblies of God University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Waxahachie, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Human Services at Southwestern Assemblies of God University
With a ranking of #8, LeTourneau University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Southwest Region list. LeTourneau University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Longview, Texas. It awarded 6 bachelors’s human services degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #9, University of North Texas at Dallas did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Dallas, Texas, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s human services degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
University of Phoenix - Arizona ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Phoenix, Arizona, this large private for-profit school awarded 93 degrees to qualified bachelors’s human services students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Human Services at University of Phoenix - Arizona
With a ranking of #11, Hardin - Simmons University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Southwest Region list. Hardin - Simmons University is a small school located in Abilene, Texas that handed out 1 bachelors’s human services degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
University of North Texas came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Southwest Region ranking. UNT is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
University of Arizona landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Arizona is a large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 11 bachelors’s human services degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #14, Stephen F Austin State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Southwest Region list. SFASU is a fairly large public school situated in Nacogdoches, Texas. It awarded 4 bachelors’s human services degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #15, Texas A&M University - Commerce did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M Commerce is a fairly large school located in Commerce, Texas that handed out 1 bachelors’s human services degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Saint Edward’s University landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Austin, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s human services degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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