Human Services at Metropolitan State University

What traits are you looking for in a human services school? To help you decide if Metropolitan State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's human services program.

Metro State is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and has a total student population of 7,552. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 68 students received a bachelor's degree in human services from Metro State.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Human Services section at the bottom of this page.

Metro State Human Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Services

Metro State Human Services Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the human services progam at Metro State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The human services major at Metro State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Human Services. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	9
Best Human Services Schools	21

How Much Do Human Services Graduates from Metro State Make?

The median salary of human services students who receive their bachelor's degree at Metro State is $38,017. This is 16% higher than $32,912, which is the national average for all human services bachelor's degree recipients.

Human Services Student Demographics at Metro State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the human services majors at Metropolitan State University.

Metro State Human Services Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 68 human services majors earned their bachelor's degree from Metro State. Of these graduates, 16% were men and 84% were women. The typical human services bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at Metro State since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% more racial-ethnic minorities in its human services bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Metropolitan State University with a bachelor's in human services.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	28
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	16
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Metro State also has a doctoral program available in human services. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Public Administration
• Community Organization & Advocacy
• Social Work

Careers That Human Services Grads May Go Into

A degree in human services can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MN, the home state for Metropolitan State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Social and Human Service Assistants	15,000	$36,160
Social and Community Service Managers	3,360	$75,280
Community and Social Service Specialists	2,690	$50,560

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Tony Webster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.