by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Human Services is the 74th most popular major in the country with 13,238 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, human services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,839 and had an average of $30,553 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southwest region, there were 1,424 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,744 and $39,236 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,261 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 16 colleges that offered a degree in human services. That schools that top this list have a program in human services in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Southwest Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southwestern Christian University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Southwest Region. SCU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bethany, Oklahoma. It awarded 5 bachelors’s human services degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Human Services at Southwestern Christian University
Out of the 16 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayland Baptist University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Plainview, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 64 degrees to qualified bachelors’s human services students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 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 Wayland Baptist University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Central University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Southwest Region. East Central University is a small public school situated in Ada, Oklahoma. It awarded 32 bachelors’s human services degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Grand Canyon University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Southwest Region. Phoenix, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s human services degrees to 845 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ottawa University - Surprise. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Southwest Region. Ottawa University - Surprise is a private not-for-profit institution located in Surprise, Arizona. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Ottawa University - Phoenix landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Phoenix, Arizona is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s human services degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read full report on Human Services at Ottawa University - Phoenix
Southwestern Assemblies of God University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Southwestern Assemblies of God University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Waxahachie, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Human Services at Southwestern Assemblies of God University
LeTourneau University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #8. LETU is a small school located in Longview, Texas that handed out 6 bachelors’s human services degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #9, University of North Texas at Dallas did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Southwest Region list. UNT Dallas is a small public school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 12 bachelors’s human services degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Phoenix - Arizona ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 243 bachelors’s human services degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #11, Hardin - Simmons University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Southwest Region list. Hardin - Simmons University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Abilene, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #12, University of North Texas did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Denton, Texas, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s human services degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
University of Arizona landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school handed out 10 degrees to qualified bachelors’s human services students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Stephen F Austin State University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Southwest Region ranking. SFASU is located in Nacogdoches, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s human services degrees to qualified students.
With a ranking of #15, Texas A&M University - Commerce did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M Commerce is located in Commerce, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s human services degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Human Services at Texas A&M University - Commerce
Saint Edward’s University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #15. This small school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s human services degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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