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

7 Ranked Colleges
132 Degrees Awarded
$17,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Human Services is the 74th most popular major in the country with 12,645 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Southeast region, there were 2,294 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,285 and $28,195 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 132 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Services (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Florida - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Tampa, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s human services degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

USF Tampa also took the #2 spot in our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Florida - Main Campus are $21,126, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of South Florida - Main Campus Human Services Report

#2

University of North Georgia

Dahlonega, Georgia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Georgia. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. University of North Georgia is a fairly large school located in Dahlonega, Georgia that handed out 4 masters’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

UNG did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Georgia are $18,354, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Human Services at UNG

#3

East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, Tennessee
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Tennessee State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Johnson City, Tennessee, this fairly large public school awarded 13 degrees to qualified masters’s human services students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree human services students whose families make $48-$75k list, ETSU has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at ETSU are $25,679, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full ETSU Human Services Report

#4

Saint Leo University

Saint Leo, Florida
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Leo University landed the #4 spot on the list. St. Leo University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Leo, Florida. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 57 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

St. Leo University also took the #4 spot in our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at St. Leo University are $14,568.

Read full report on Human Services at St. Leo University

#5

Mercer University

Macon, Georgia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mercer University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Mercer University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Macon, Georgia. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Mercer not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mercer are $15,264, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Human Services at Mercer University

#6

Lenoir - Rhyne University

Hickory, North Carolina

Lenoir - Rhyne University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Lenoir - Rhyne University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Hickory, North Carolina. It awarded 11 masters’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

Lenoir - Rhyne University also made our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #6. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lenoir - Rhyne University are $11,700, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Lenoir - Rhyne University Human Services Report

#7

Southeastern University

Lakeland, Florida
#1 in overall quality

Southeastern University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Lakeland, Florida, and it awarded 16 masters’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

SEU also made our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southeastern University are $13,515, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full SEU Human Services Report

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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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