2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Services (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Master’s in the Plains States 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 Plains States region, there were 1,652 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,498 and $29,110 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 395 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in human services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent human services programs, but they also cost less that 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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Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree human services students whose families make $30-$48k.
Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Services (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Winona State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Winona, Minnesota, this medium-sized public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s human services students in 2019-2020.
Winona State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Winona State are $12,378, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Minnesota State Mankato is located in Mankato, Minnesota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 masters’s human services degrees to qualified students.
Minnesota State Mankato also took the #6 spot in our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Minnesota State Mankato are $8,788, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Dakota landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Vermillion, South Dakota, this medium-sized public school handed out 39 degrees to qualified masters’s human services students in 2019-2020.
USD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Dakota are $12,637, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Concordia University, Saint Paul. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Concordia University, Saint Paul is a medium-sized school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota that handed out 25 masters’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Concordia University, Saint Paul, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Concordia University, Saint Paul are $8,550.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bellevue University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Bellevue University is located in Bellevue, Nebraska and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 masters’s human services degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Bellevue University, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Bellevue University are $11,385.
Webster University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Webster University is a medium-sized school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 17 masters’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.
Webster also made our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #8. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Webster are $13,500.
Concordia University, Nebraska ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Concordia University, Nebraska is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Seward, Nebraska. It awarded 1 masters’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.
Concordia University, Nebraska also took the #0 spot in our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Concordia University, Nebraska are $8,650, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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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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