2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Human Services in the New England Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 the New England Region” 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 the New England region, there were 1,226 general human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 66 general human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general human services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general human services programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree general human services students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Human Services in the New England Region

#1

Post University

Waterbury, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$7,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Post University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. Post University is a private for-profit institution located in Waterbury, Connecticut. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 32 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Post University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Post University are $7,700, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Human Services at Post University

#2

Albertus Magnus College

New Haven, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$21,304 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Albertus Magnus College landed the #2 spot on the list. Albertus Magnus is a small private not-for-profit school situated in New Haven, Connecticut. It awarded 23 masters’s general human services degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Albertus Magnus, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Albertus Magnus College are $21,304, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Albertus Magnus 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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