If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in human services, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #68 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Colorado to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of human services. Combined, these schools handed out 208 bachelor's degrees in human services to qualified students.
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on human services students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of human services students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How much debt human services students go into to obtain their bachelor's 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 schools for human services students working on their bachelor's degree.
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 Best Human Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in Colorado list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Human Services in Colorado
Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for human services students seeking a a bachelor's degree.
Top Colorado Schools for a Bachelor's in Human Services
Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in human services has to look into Metropolitan State University of Denver. MSU Denver is a large public university located in the city of Denver.
Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the human services program report average early career wages of $41,938.
Colorado State University - Global Campus is a good option for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in human services. Located in the city of Aurora, Colorado State University - Global Campus is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.
Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the human services program earn an average of $43,336 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).