by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Human Services Major in Georgia for a Bachelor’s” 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 Georgia, there were 198 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,213 and $40,144 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 181 human services graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,491 and $29,433 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Human Services Major in Georgia for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in human services. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in human services.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Human Services Major in Georgia for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Human Services Major in Georgia for a Bachelor’s”.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Human Services Major in Georgia for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Kennesaw State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Kennesaw, Georgia, this large public school awarded 63 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s human services students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gordon State College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Human Services Major in Georgia for a Bachelor’s list. Barnesville, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s human services degrees to 56 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Human Services Major in Georgia for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Georgia landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Dahlonega, Georgia, and 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 Mercer University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Human Services Major in Georgia for a Bachelor’s. Mercer is a medium-sized school located in Macon, Georgia that handed out 20 bachelors’s human services degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Shorter University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Human Services Major in Georgia for a Bachelor’s. This small school is located in Rome, Georgia, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s human services degrees in 2020-2021.
Spelman College ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Human Services Major in Georgia for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s human services students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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