Human Services is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #104 most popular master's degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of human services. Combined, these schools handed out 44 master's degrees in human services to qualified students.
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on human services students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other human services students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How much debt human services students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
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 schools for human services students working on their master's degree.
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 Pennsylvania list to help you make the college decision.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Human Services in Pennsylvania
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in human services.
Top Pennsylvania Schools for a Master's in Human Services
Every student who is interested in a master's degree in human services needs to look into Chestnut Hill College. CHC is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large city of Philadelphia.
Master's students who receive their degree from the human services program earn about $47,247 for their early career.
Every student who is interested in a master's degree in human services has to take a look at Lincoln University. Lincoln is a small public university located in the suburb of Lincoln University.
Master's graduates who receive their degree from the human services program make around $44,262 for their early career.
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).