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2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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 $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking.

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 $75-$110k” 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.

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 $75-$110k” 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 $75-$110k

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 $75-$110k.

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Services (Income $75-$110k) 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 $75-$110k list. USF Tampa is located in Tampa, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 masters’s human services degrees to qualified students.

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

Read full report on Human Services at USF Tampa

#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 $75-$110k list. UNG is a fairly large public school situated in Dahlonega, Georgia. It awarded 4 masters’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

UNG also took the #0 spot in our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Georgia are $18,354, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Human Services at University of North Georgia

#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 $75-$110k. Located in Johnson City, Tennessee, this fairly large public school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified masters’s human services students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ETSU, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at East Tennessee State University are $25,679, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4

Saint Leo University

Saint Leo, Florida
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Leo University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k. 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at St. Leo University are $14,568, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Human Services at St. Leo University

#5

Mercer University

Macon, Georgia

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Mercer University landed the #5 spot on the list. Macon, Georgia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s human services degrees to 8 students 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

#6

Lenoir - Rhyne University

Hickory, North Carolina

Lenoir - Rhyne University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Lenoir - Rhyne University is located in Hickory, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 masters’s human services degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Lenoir - Rhyne University, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. 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 did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Lakeland, Florida, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 16 diplomas to qualified masters’s human services students in 2019-2020.

SEU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at SEU are $13,515.

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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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