by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 12,541 people earned their degree in human services, making the major the 74th most popular in the United States. 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 2,540 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,339 and $21,147 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 139 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,038 and $47,245 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in human services. That schools that top this list have a program in human services in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lincoln University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Lincoln University, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s human services degrees to 29 students in 2021-2022.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Chestnut Hill College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. CHC is a private not-for-profit institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 20 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default 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.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wilmington University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This fairly large school is located in New Castle, Delaware, and it awarded 58 masters’s human services degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Baltimore landed the #4 spot on the list. UB is located in Baltimore, Maryland and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 12 masters’s human services degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Boricua College landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 16 masters’s human services degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%.
Catholic University of America ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. CUA is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%.
McDaniel College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #7. Westminster, Maryland is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s human services degrees to 4 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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