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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Human Services in the Plains States Region

11 Ranked Colleges
704 Degrees Awarded
$19,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Plains States 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 Plains States region, there were 1,652 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,498 and $29,110 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 704 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 11 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree human services students.

Top 11 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Human Services in the Plains States Region

#1

Bellevue University

Bellevue, Nebraska
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 11 schools in the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bellevue University landed the #1 spot on the list. Bellevue University is located in Bellevue, Nebraska and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 29 bachelors’s human services degrees to qualified students.

Bellevue University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $15,616 for plains states region bachelor’s degree human services students per year to attend Bellevue University.

Full Bellevue University Human Services Report

#2

Metropolitan State University

Saint Paul, Minnesota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Metropolitan State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. This medium-sized school is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and it awarded 88 bachelors’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

Metro State also made our “Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $15,225 for plains states region bachelor’s degree human services students per year to attend Metro State.

Read full report on Human Services at Metro State

#3

Columbia College

Columbia, Missouri

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Columbia College Missouri is located in Columbia, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 172 bachelors’s human services degrees to qualified students.

Columbia College Missouri not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $26,730 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Human Services students per year to attend Columbia College Missouri.

Read full report on Human Services at Columbia College Missouri

#4

Walden University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Walden University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Walden University is a private for-profit institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a large population, and it awarded 105 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Walden University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.

Read full report on Human Services at Walden University

#5

William Woods University

Fulton, Missouri
#8 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend William Woods University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. Fulton, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s human services degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

William Woods also took the #8 spot in our “Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $24,593 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Human Services students per year to attend William Woods University.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full William Woods University Human Services Report

#6

Grand View University

Des Moines, Iowa

Grand View University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Des Moines, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 32 degrees to qualified bachelors’s human services students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Grand View University, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Grand View University is $19,826 for plains states region bachelor’s degree human services students.

Read more about Human Services at Grand View University

#7

Upper Iowa University

Fayette, Iowa

Upper Iowa University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region ranking. UIU is a small school located in Fayette, Iowa that handed out 81 bachelors’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

UIU also made our “Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for UIU is $21,624 for plains states region bachelor’s degree human services students.

Full Upper Iowa University Human Services Report

#8

Missouri Baptist University

Saint Louis, Missouri

With a ranking of #8, Missouri Baptist University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s human services degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

MBU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Missouri Baptist University is $20,444 for plains states region bachelor’s degree human services students.

Read full report on Human Services at MBU

#9

Midland University

Fremont, Nebraska

Midland University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region ranking. Midland U is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Fremont, Nebraska. It awarded 12 bachelors’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

Midland U also took the #4 spot in our “Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Midland University is $21,128 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Human Services students.

Read full report on Human Services at Midland U

#10

Drury University

Springfield, Missouri

Drury University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Drury University is a small school located in Springfield, Missouri that handed out 1 bachelors’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Drury University, the school also landed the #10 spot in our “Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Drury University is $18,419 for plains states region bachelor’s degree human services students.

Full Drury University Human Services Report

Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region ranking. Drury University - CCPS is a small school located in Springfield, Missouri that handed out 26 bachelors’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

Drury University - CCPS also took the #11 spot in our “Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $13,233 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Human Services students per year to attend Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies.

Read full report on Human Services at Drury University - College of Continuing Professional Studies

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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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