2024 Best General Human Services Associate Degree Schools in California

General Human Services is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #33 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for general human services students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 648 associate degrees in general human services during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general human services students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other general human services students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general human services related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general human services students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank General Human Services Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Human Services Associate Degree Schools in California list to help you make the college decision.

 

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study General Human Services in California

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in general human services.

Top California Schools for an Associate in General Human Services

1

Fresno City College
Fresno, CA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

44 Annual Graduates

Fresno City College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting an associate degree in general human services. Located in the large city of Fresno, Fresno City College is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in general human services from Fresno City College

2

San Diego City College
San Diego, CA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

59 Annual Graduates

San Diego City College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting an associate degree in general human services. Located in the city of San Diego, San Diego City College is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in general human services from San Diego City College

 

Best General Human Services Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best General Human Services Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Washington	288	58
Oregon	260	13
Nevada	185	8
Hawaii	79	11

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Rankings in Majors Related to General Human Services

General Human Services is one of 0 different types of Human Services programs to choose from.

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to University of the Fraser Valley. More about our data sources and methodologies.