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2027 Best Value Human Services Schools in Connecticut

[Human Services](/majors/social-services-public-administration/human-services/) is a field worth comparing on the balance of cost and outcomes. A high-value program keeps cost low while graduates go on to earn well.

To produce this 2027 ranking, College Factual evaluated 2 schools on the balance of cost and outcomes for human services students.

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• Best Value Human Services Schools in Connecticut

2027 Best Value Human Services Schools in Connecticut

If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the human services degrees they offer, see the list below.

Best Value Human Services Schools

1

Post University
Waterbury, CT

$15,922 In-State Tuition & Fees

$54,002 Avg Student Debt

$38,696 Median Earnings (10yr)

Post University tops our 2027 list of the best value human services schools in Connecticut. Set in the city of Waterbury, Post University is a very large private for-profit institution. Students from in state pay about $15,922 in tuition and fees. Students borrow a median of $54,002 to complete the human services program here. Human Services graduates of Post University earn a median of $49,117 early in their careers. That is a strong return on a $54,002 median debt.

2

Goodwin College
East Hartford, CT

$21,188 In-State Tuition & Fees

$35,166 Avg Student Debt

$43,596 Median Earnings (10yr)

The strong cost-to-outcome balance at Goodwin College earned it the #2 place for human services. Located in the city of East Hartford, Goodwin College is a mid-sized private not-for-profit university. Expect in-state tuition and fees of around $21,188. Typical student debt for human services graduates is $35,166. Early-career human services graduates make about $51,659. That is a strong return on a $35,166 median debt.

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Notes and References

The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2027 edition. The methodology weighs the cost of a degree against the earnings graduates go on to achieve, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).

Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 2 schools evaluated.

*Averages shown above reflect the top 2 ranked schools only.

• 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.