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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Human Services in the Southwest Region

8 Ranked Colleges
1,338 Degrees Awarded
$18,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region

With all of the options students 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 “Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 12,645 people earned their degree in general human services, making the major the 62nd most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,585 general human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,338 general human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general human services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general human services programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general human services program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The general human services school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region”.

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Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region bachelor’s degree general human services students.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Human Services in the Southwest Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Phoenix - Arizona landed the #1 spot on the list. UOPX - Arizona is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 384 bachelors’s general human services degrees to qualified students.

UOPX - Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend UOPX - Arizona is $12,944 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree General Human Services students.

Read more about General Human Services at UOPX - Arizona

#2

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Canyon University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Phoenix, Arizona, and it awarded 776 bachelors’s general human services degrees in 2019-2020.

Grand Canyon University also made our “Best General Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $21,020 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree General Human Services students per year to attend Grand Canyon University.

Read more about General Human Services at Grand Canyon University

#3

Wayland Baptist University

Plainview, Texas
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayland Baptist University landed the #3 spot on the list. Plainview, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general human services degrees to 68 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree general human services students list, Wayland Baptist University has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Wayland Baptist University is $25,152 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree General Human Services students.

The impressive 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 General Human Services at Wayland Baptist University

#4

East Central University

Ada, Oklahoma
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Central University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. This small school is located in Ada, Oklahoma, and it awarded 36 bachelors’s general human services degrees in 2019-2020.

ECU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $10,334 for southwest region bachelor’s degree general human services students per year to attend East Central University.

Full ECU General Human Services Report

#6 in overall quality

Southwestern Christian University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. Southwestern Christian University is a small school located in Bethany, Oklahoma that handed out 6 bachelors’s general human services degrees in 2019-2020.

SCU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best General Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Southwestern Christian University is $20,201 for southwest region bachelor’s degree general human services students.

Read more about General Human Services at Southwestern Christian University

#4 in overall quality

University of North Texas came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. University of North Texas is located in Denton, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s general human services degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree general human services students list, UNT has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best General Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $15,086 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree General Human Services students per year to attend UNT.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about General Human Services at UNT

#8 in overall quality

Southwestern Assemblies of God University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Waxahachie, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general human services students in 2019-2020.

Southwestern Assemblies of God University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best General Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Southwestern Assemblies of God University is $24,982 for southwest region bachelor’s degree general human services students.

Read full report on General Human Services at Southwestern Assemblies of God University

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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).
  • 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

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • 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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