2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Services in Pennsylvania

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania” ranking.

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 Pennsylvania, there were 520 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,018 and $26,227 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 61 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania” 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 Master’s in Pennsylvania

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Services in Pennsylvania

#1

Lincoln University

Lincoln University, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$18,942 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$44,468 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Lincoln University landed the #1 spot on the list. Lincoln is a small school located in Lincoln University, Pennsylvania that handed out 41 masters’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

Lincoln not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Lincoln University are $18,942.

Full Lincoln University Human Services Report

#2

Chestnut Hill College

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$17,625 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$41,342 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Chestnut Hill College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Human Services Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania. This small school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 20 masters’s human services degrees in 2019-2020.

CHC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Chestnut Hill College are $17,625, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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