by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking.
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 Far Western US region, there were 2,316 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,019 and $27,844 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 146 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in human services. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their human services program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The human services school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Far Western US Region”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Far Western US Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Warner Pacific College Adult Degree Program. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Far Western US Region list. Warner Pacific College ADP is a small school located in Portland, Oregon that handed out 5 masters’s human services degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Touro University Worldwide. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Far Western US Region list. Touro University Worldwide is a private not-for-profit institution located in Los Alamitos, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 15 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate 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.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of San Diego landed the #4 spot on the list. USD is located in San Diego, California and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 masters’s human services degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of San Francisco. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Far Western US Region. USFCA is a private not-for-profit institution located in San Francisco, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Washington - Seattle Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. UW Seattle is a public institution located in Seattle, Washington. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Washington - Seattle Campus Human Services Report
George Fox University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Human Services Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Newberg, Oregon is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s human services degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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