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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Human Services in the Far Western US Region

12 Ranked Colleges
901 Degrees Awarded
$14,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor's in the Far Western US Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Far Western US region, there were 2,047 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,256 and $33,666 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 901 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 12 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bachelor’s degree human services students.

Top 12 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Human Services in the Far Western US Region

#1

University of Phoenix - California

Costa Mesa, California

Out of the 12 schools in the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Phoenix - California landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Phoenix - California is a private for-profit institution located in Costa Mesa, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 54 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UOPX - California did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Phoenix - California is $12,664 for far western us region bachelor’s degree human services students.

Read more about Human Services at University of Phoenix - California

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California State University - Monterey Bay. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region. California State University - Monterey Bay is a medium-sized school located in Seaside, California that handed out 143 bachelors’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our far western us region bachelor’s degree human services students list, CSUMB has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. It costs about $12,212 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Human Services students per year to attend CSUMB.

The student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Human Services at California State University - Monterey Bay

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Fullerton. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region list. Located in Fullerton, California, this large public school awarded 264 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s human services students in 2019-2020.

Cal State Fullerton did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for California State University - Fullerton is $7,991 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Human Services students.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. 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 full report on Human Services at Cal State Fullerton

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nevada - Las Vegas. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region list. UNLV is a large public school situated in Las Vegas, Nevada. It awarded 40 bachelors’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

UNLV also made our “Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $11,424 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Human Services students per year to attend UNLV.

Read full report on Human Services at University of Nevada - Las Vegas

#5

Western Washington University

Bellingham, Washington

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Washington University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region list. Located in Bellingham, Washington, this fairly large public school awarded 90 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s human services students in 2019-2020.

WWU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Western Washington University is $16,529 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Human Services students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Human Services at WWU

#10 in overall quality

California State University - Dominguez Hills came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in Carson, California, this fairly large public school handed out 121 degrees to qualified bachelors’s human services students in 2019-2020.

CSUDH did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The yearly cost to attend CSUDH is $4,215 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Human Services students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Human Services at CSUDH

University of Phoenix - Nevada did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #7. Las Vegas, Nevada is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s human services degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

UOPX - Nevada not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #11 on our “Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list.

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.

Read full report on Human Services at University of Phoenix - Nevada

With a ranking of #8, University of Phoenix - Hawaii did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region list. Honolulu, Hawaii is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s human services degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

UOPX - Hawaii also took the #12 spot in our “Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full UOPX - Hawaii Human Services Report

#9

Central Washington University

Ellensburg, Washington

Central Washington University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region list. Central Washington University is a public institution located in Ellensburg, Washington. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 52 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our far western us region bachelor’s degree human services students list, CWU has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for CWU is $15,397 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Human Services students.

Read full report on Human Services at Central Washington University

#10

California Baptist University

Riverside, California
#6 in overall quality

California Baptist University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #10. Riverside, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s human services degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

Cal Baptist also took the #6 spot in our “Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Cal Baptist is $24,707 for far western us region bachelor’s degree human services students.

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 full report on Human Services at California Baptist University

#11

Notre Dame de Namur University

Belmont, California

With a ranking of #11, Notre Dame de Namur University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region list. Belmont, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s human services degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.

NDNU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend NDNU is $24,544 for far western us region bachelor’s degree human services students.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Human Services at Notre Dame de Namur University

#12

University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon

With a ranking of #12, University of Oregon did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region list. University of Oregon is a public institution located in Eugene, Oregon. The school has a large population, and it awarded 89 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our far western us region bachelor’s degree human services students list, UO has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Oregon is $16,461 for far western us region bachelor’s degree human services students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Human Services at University of Oregon

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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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