2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k” 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 New England region, there were 1,226 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,794 and $25,899 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 66 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Services (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region

#1

Post University

Waterbury, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$7,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$50,856 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Post University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Waterbury, Connecticut, this fairly large private for-profit school handed out 32 degrees to qualified masters’s human services students in 2019-2020.

Post University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Post University are $7,700, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about 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

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Albertus Magnus College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in New Haven, Connecticut, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 23 degrees to qualified masters’s human services students in 2019-2020.

Albertus Magnus also made our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Albertus Magnus are $21,304.

Read full report on Human Services at Albertus Magnus College

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Services (Income $48-$75k)

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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