2024 Best Human Services Master's Degree Schools in Illinois

If you plan on getting your master's degree in human services, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #104 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Human Services Master's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 26 master's degrees in human services during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to human services students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of human services students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• 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.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for human services to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized human services related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for human services students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank 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 Human Services Master's Degree Schools in Illinois list to help you make the college decision.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Human Services in Illinois

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

Top Illinois Schools for a Master's in Human Services

1

University of Illinois at Springfield
Springfield, IL

13 Annual Graduates

$44,260 Median Starting Salary

University of Illinois at Springfield is a good choice for students pursuing a master's degree in human services. UIS is a small public university located in the midsize city of Springfield.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the human services program make about $44,260 for their early career.

More information about a master’s in human services from University of Illinois at Springfield

2

Concordia University, Chicago
River Forest, IL

5 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in human services needs to look into Concordia University, Chicago. Located in the suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a master’s in human services from Concordia University, Chicago

3

National Louis University
Chicago, IL

5 Annual Graduates

National Louis University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in human services. NLU is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Chicago.More information about a master’s in human services from National Louis University

Best Human Services Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Human Services Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	207	19
Indiana	191	206
Wisconsin	173	7

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Human Services Related Rankings by Major

One of 4 majors within the Public Administration & Social Service area of study, Human Services has other similar majors worth exploring.

Human Services Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Human Services	26

Majors Similar to Human Services

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Public Administration	414
Public Policy	303
Community Organization & Advocacy	40
Other Public Administration	4

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.