2022 Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Master’s in California

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Human Services is the 62nd most popular major in the country with 12,645 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across California, there were 1,552 general human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 55 general human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Master’s in California” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general human services. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general human services programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general human services program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

More Ways to Rank General Human Services Schools

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 Master’s in California”.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Master’s in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Master’s in California.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Human Services in California

#2

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, California

#1 in overall quality

$26,710 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of San Francisco. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Master’s in California list. USFCA is a private not-for-profit institution located in San Francisco, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

USFCA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at USFCA are $26,710.

Full University of San Francisco General Human Services Report

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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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