2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Human Services

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Human Services Schools for a Doctorate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 66 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Human Services Schools for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.

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 Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree human services students.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Human Services

#1

Walden University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$10,716 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Walden University landed the #1 spot on the list. Walden University is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 47 doctorate’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Walden University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Human Services Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Walden University are $10,716.

Full Walden University Human Services Report

#2

Capella University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$14,767 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$71,486 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Human Services Schools for a Doctorate list. Capella University is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 doctorate’s human services degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Capella University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Human Services Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Capella University are $14,767, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Human Services at Capella University

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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