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2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

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 Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Getting Aid” 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 Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the human services program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Services in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#2 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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Tampa, Florida, and it awarded 12 masters’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

USF Tampa did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at USF Tampa 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

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Georgia landed the #2 spot on the list. UNG is a fairly large public school situated in Dahlonega, Georgia. It awarded 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 UNG are $18,354, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Human Services at UNG

#3

East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, Tennessee
#5 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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, East Tennessee State University landed the #3 spot on the list. East Tennessee State University is a public institution located in Johnson City, Tennessee. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

ETSU also made our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at East Tennessee State University are $25,679, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Human Services at East Tennessee State University

#4

Mercer University

Macon, Georgia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mercer University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mercer, the school also landed the #3 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 Mercer are $15,264.

Read full report on Human Services at Mercer University

#5

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 #5 for the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. St. Leo University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Leo, Florida. It awarded 57 masters’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at St. Leo University, the school also landed 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 Saint Leo University are $14,568.

Read full report on Human Services at St. Leo University

#6

Lenoir - Rhyne University

Hickory, North Carolina

Lenoir - Rhyne University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. Lenoir - Rhyne University is a small school located in Hickory, North Carolina that handed out 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 you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Lenoir - Rhyne University Human Services Report

#7

Southeastern University

Lakeland, Florida
#1 in overall quality

Southeastern University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Lakeland, Florida, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 16 diplomas to qualified masters’s human services students 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.

Read full report on Human Services at Southeastern University

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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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