If you plan on majoring in human services, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #74 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of human services. Combined, these schools handed out 418 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. We derive our Best Overall Human Services School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Human Services Schools in Pennsylvania ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of human services degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It is difficult to beat Chestnut Hill College if you wish to pursue a degree in human services. CHC is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Philadelphia. This college ranks 43rd out of 103 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 64 human services students who graduated with this degree at CHC in the most recent year we have data available. Those human services students who get their degree from Chestnut Hill College receive $5,896 more than the standard human services student.
Community College of Philadelphia is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in human services. Community College of Philadelphia is a fairly large public college located in the large city of Philadelphia. A Best Colleges rank of #454 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Community College of Philadelphia is a great college overall.
There were about 52 human services students who graduated with this degree at Community College of Philadelphia in the most recent data year. Soon after graduating, human services degree recipients usually make an average of $24,893 in their early careers.
University of Scranton is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in human services. University of Scranton is a small private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Scranton. A Best Colleges rank of #202 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means University of Scranton is a great university overall.
There were about 30 human services students who graduated with this degree at University of Scranton in the most recent year we have data available.
Harrisburg Area Community College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in human services. HACC is a large public college located in the small city of Harrisburg. This college ranks 30th out of 103 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 18 human services students who graduated with this degree at HACC in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the human services program earn about $33,674 in the first couple years of working.
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. We derive our Best Overall Human Services School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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