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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across Connecticut, there were 258 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 $61,793 and $40,407 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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.

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.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value General Human Services Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

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

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

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

#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 Connecticut list. Waterbury, Connecticut is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s general human services degrees to 32 students in 2019-2020.

Post University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Post University are $7,700.

Full Post University General Human Services Report

#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 Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Albertus Magnus College landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in New Haven, Connecticut, and it awarded 23 masters’s general human services degrees in 2019-2020.

Albertus Magnus also made our “Best General Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Albertus Magnus are $21,304.

Read more about General Human Services at Albertus Magnus College

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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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