2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Services (Income $30-$48k) in Connecticut

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

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 Connecticut, there were 258 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,525 and $37,463 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 55 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,793 and $40,407 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in human services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality human services programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the human services program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. 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 Human Services Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut master’s degree human services students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Services (Income $30-$48k) in Connecticut

#1

Post University

Waterbury, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$7,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$50,856 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Post University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k. Post University is a fairly large private for-profit school situated in Waterbury, Connecticut. It awarded 32 masters’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

Post University also made our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Post University are $7,700, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Human Services at Post University

#2

Albertus Magnus College

New Haven, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$21,304 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$42,235 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Albertus Magnus College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in New Haven, Connecticut, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 23 degrees to qualified masters’s human services students in 2019-2020.

Albertus Magnus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Albertus Magnus College are $21,304, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Albertus Magnus College Human Services Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Services (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Services (Income $30-$48k)

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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