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2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
611 Degrees Awarded
$14,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor's in California For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 California, there were 1,552 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,600 and $32,528 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 611 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,907 and $21,546 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 6 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the human services program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Human Services in California (With Aid)

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Dominguez Hills. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Getting Aid list. California State University - Dominguez Hills is a public institution located in Carson, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 121 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

CSUDH also took the #6 spot in our “Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. The yearly cost to attend California State University - Dominguez Hills is $4,215 for California Bachelor’s Degree Human Services students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 2.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Human Services at CSUDH

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Fullerton landed the #2 spot on the list. Cal State Fullerton is located in Fullerton, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 264 bachelors’s human services degrees to qualified students.

Cal State Fullerton also took the #3 spot in our “Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Cal State Fullerton is $7,991 for california bachelor’s degree human services students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Human Services at Cal State Fullerton

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California State University - Monterey Bay. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Getting Aid. Located in Seaside, California, this medium-sized public school awarded 143 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s human services students in 2019-2020.

CSUMB also took the #2 spot in our “Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for California State University - Monterey Bay is $12,212 for california bachelor’s degree human services students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Human Services at CSUMB

#4

University of Phoenix - California

Costa Mesa, California

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Phoenix - California landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Costa Mesa, California, this small private for-profit school awarded 54 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s human services students in 2019-2020.

UOPX - California also took the #5 spot in our “Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Phoenix - California is $12,664 for california bachelor’s degree human services students with aid.

Read more about Human Services at UOPX - California

#5

Notre Dame de Namur University

Belmont, California

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Notre Dame de Namur University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Belmont, California, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 20 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s human services students in 2019-2020.

NDNU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. The yearly cost to attend Notre Dame de Namur University is $24,544 for california bachelor’s degree human services students with aid.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Notre Dame de Namur University Human Services Report

#6

California Baptist University

Riverside, California
#4 in overall quality

California Baptist University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Getting Aid ranking. California Baptist University is located in Riverside, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s human services degrees to qualified students.

Cal Baptist not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. The estimated yearly cost for Cal Baptist is $24,707 for California Bachelor’s Degree Human Services students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Human Services at Cal Baptist

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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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