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2021 Best Human Services Colleges for Non-Traditional Students

40 Colleges
6,016 Bachelor's Degrees
$27,222 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best Human Services Schools for Non-Traditional Students

Best Human Services Colleges for Non-Traditional StudentsHuman Services is the #68th most popular major in the country with 6,016 bachelor's degrees awarded in <nil>.

For this year's Best Human Services Colleges for Non-Traditional Students ranking, we looked at 40 colleges that offer a bachelor's in human services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent human services programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the human services program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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2021 Best Human Services Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Human Services Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.

Top 10 Best Human Services Schools for Non-Traditional Students

1
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Walden University
Minneapolis, MN

Walden University has taken the #1 spot in this year's human services ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Walden University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

The student loan default rate at Walden University is lower than is typical, just 1.1% of students default in three years. There are approximately 46,455 students at Walden University and they are all exclusively distance learners. There are roughly 27,673 part time students in attendance at Walden University.

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Chestnut Hill College
Philadelphia, PA

Chestnut Hill College comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, CHC is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. CHC also took the #8 spot in our Best Colleges for Human Services rankings.

About 2.7% of CHC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 299 students at CHC that take at least one class online. About 422 of the students at CHC are attending part time.

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University of Bridgeport comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. Located in the midsize city of Bridgeport, UBridgeport is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

About 2.9% of UBridgeport students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 1,056 students at UBridgeport that take at least one class online. 1,281 of UBridgeport students are attending part time.

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The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to California State University - Monterey Bay. CSUMB is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Seaside. CSUMB also took the #5 spot in our Best Colleges for Human Services rankings.

The student loan default rate at CSUMB is lower than is typical, just 1.7% of students default in three years. Approximately 5,082 students take at least one class online at CSUMB. There are roughly 1,046 part time students in attendance at CSUMB.

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Cambridge College
Boston, MA

The #5 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Cambridge College. Located in the city of Boston, Cambridge College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The student loan default rate at Cambridge College is lower than is typical, just 1.5% of students default in three years. 746 students at Cambridge College are exclusively online. 1,820 students are part time.

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The #6 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Metropolitan State University. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, Metro State is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The student loan default rate at Metro State is lower than is typical, just 1.4% of students default in three years. There are approximately 2,941 students at Metro State that take at least one class online. 4,032 of Metro State students are attending part time.

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Bluefield College
Bluefield, VA

Our rankings recognize Bluefield College as the #7 school in this year's rankings. Bluefield College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Bluefield.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 3.4%. 382 students at Bluefield College are exclusively online. 151 of Bluefield College students are attending part time.

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The #8 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Lindsey Wilson College. Located in the remote town of Columbia, Lindsey Wilson College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.2%. There are approximately 842 students at Lindsey Wilson College that take at least one class online. 528 students are part time.

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Our rankings recognize Fitchburg State University as the #9 school in this year's rankings. Fitchburg State is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Fitchburg. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Fitchburg State has also earned the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Human Services ranking.

About 1.5% of Fitchburg State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 2,836 students at Fitchburg State are exclusively online. About 3,648 of the students at Fitchburg State are attending part time.

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Upper Iowa University earned the #10 spot in our 2021 rankings. UIU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Fayette.

About 1.6% of UIU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 1,973 of UIU students are exclusively distance learners. About 1,332 of the students at UIU are attending part time.

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Human Services by Region

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Region
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New England
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Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
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*Avg Cost is for the top 25 schools only.

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