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2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

7 Ranked Colleges
1,338 Degrees Awarded
$16,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 12,645 people earned their degree in human services, making the major the 74th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, human services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $30,302 and had an average of $28,284 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,585 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,933 and $34,648 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,338 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in human services. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great human services programs and 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 human services program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Human Services (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the #1 spot on the list. Denton, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s human services degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNT, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $9,082 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Human Services students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend UNT.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Human Services at UNT

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Phoenix - Arizona. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. University of Phoenix - Arizona is a large private for-profit school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 384 bachelors’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

UOPX - Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $13,378 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Human Services students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Phoenix - Arizona.

Read full report on Human Services at University of Phoenix - Arizona

#3

East Central University

Ada, Oklahoma

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Central University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Ada, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s human services degrees to 36 students in 2019-2020.

ECU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for East Central University is $8,259 for southwest region bachelor’s degree human services students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full ECU Human Services Report

#4

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Canyon University landed the #4 spot on the list. Grand Canyon University is a large private for-profit school situated in Phoenix, Arizona. It awarded 776 bachelors’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Grand Canyon University, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Grand Canyon University is $18,704 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Human Services students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Human Services at Grand Canyon University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southwestern Christian University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. SCU is a small school located in Bethany, Oklahoma that handed out 6 bachelors’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

SCU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Southwestern Christian University is $18,075 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Human Services students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Human Services at SCU

#6

Wayland Baptist University

Plainview, Texas

With a ranking of #6, Wayland Baptist University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Wayland Baptist University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Plainview, Texas. It awarded 68 bachelors’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

Wayland Baptist University also made our “Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Wayland Baptist University is $23,238 for southwest region bachelor’s degree human services students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Human Services at Wayland Baptist University

Southwestern Assemblies of God University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. This small school is located in Waxahachie, Texas, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

Southwestern Assemblies of God University also made our “Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #8. It costs about $23,484 for southwest region bachelor’s degree human services students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Southwestern Assemblies of God University.

Read full report on Human Services at Southwestern Assemblies of God University

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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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