2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Human Services for a Master’s
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Human Services for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 13,238 people earned their degree in human services, making the major the 74th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, human services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,839 and had an average of $30,553 in loans still to pay off.
Across Pennsylvania, there were 449 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,050 and $34,978 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Human Services for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in human services. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great human services programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the human services program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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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 “Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Human Services for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Human Services for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania master’s degree vets studying human services.
Top 2 Best Human Services Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Pennsylvania
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lincoln University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Human Services for a Master’s. Lincoln is located in Lincoln University, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 32 masters’s human services degrees to qualified students.
Lincoln also made our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list, coming in at #2.Of the 2,077 students enrolled at Lincoln, 58 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 16 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,313. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Lincoln does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chestnut Hill College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Pennsylvania for Human Services for a Master’s list. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s human services degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.
CHC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking.Among the 1,528 students enrolled at CHC, 43 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 18 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $10,125. During this same period, 6 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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Notes and References
References
- 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 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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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