Human Services is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #31 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Ohio to determine which ones were the best for human services students pursuing a associate degree. Combined, these schools handed out 138 associate degrees in human services to qualified students.
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of associate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their associate degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to human services students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - The number of human services students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How much debt human services students go into to obtain their associate degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized human services related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for human services students working on their associate degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Human Services Associate Degree Schools in Ohio ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Human Services in Ohio
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in human services.
Top Ohio Schools for an Associate in Human Services
Ohio Christian University is a great option for individuals interested in an associate degree in human services. Located in the distant town of Circleville, OCU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
Associate recipients from the human services degree program at Ohio Christian University get $3,176 more than the standard college graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
Central Ohio Technical College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in human services. COTC is a small public college located in the suburb of Newark.
After graduation, human services associate recipients typically earn about $24,218 in the first five years of their career.
Bryant & Stratton College - Parma is one of the best schools in the country for getting an associate degree in human services. Bryant & Stratton College - Parma is a fairly small private not-for-profit college located in the large suburb of Parma.
Associate students who receive their degree from the human services program earn around $23,206 in their early career salary.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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