2023 Schools Highly Focused on Human Services Major in District of Columbia

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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 District of Columbia, there were 19 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $24,250 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Human Services Major in District of Columbia” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in human services. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in human services.

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Schools Highly Focused on Human Services Major in District of Columbia

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia human services students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Human Services in District of Columbia

1

Catholic University of America
Washington, District of Columbia

#4 overall quality in District of Columbia

$55,014 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,760 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Catholic University of America. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Human Services Major in District of Columbia list. CUA is a medium-sized school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 3 ’s human services degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Human Services at Catholic University of America

2

George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia

#2 overall quality in District of Columbia

$65,148 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,120 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Human Services Major in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 ’s human services degrees to qualified students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full GWU Human Services Report

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

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