Human Services at Northeastern University

If you plan to study human services, take a look at what Northeastern University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Northeastern is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 22,905 students attend the school each year. Of the 4,358 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Northeastern University in 2021, 17 of them were human services majors.

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.

Northeastern Human Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Services

Northeastern Human Services Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks human services programs across the country. The following shows how Northeastern performed in these rankings.

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 Northeastern 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 Value Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	92

How Much Do Human Services Graduates from Northeastern Make?

The median salary of human services students who receive their bachelor's degree at Northeastern is $39,653. This is 20% higher than $32,912, which is the national average for all human services bachelor's degree recipients.

Human Services Student Demographics at Northeastern

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

Northeastern Human Services Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in human services from Northeastern. About 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in human services at Northeastern are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	12
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Northeastern 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

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 MA, the home state for Northeastern University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Social and Human Service Assistants	15,230	$35,390
Social and Community Service Managers	7,420	$70,500
Community and Social Service Specialists	910	$44,880

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 (User:Piotrus) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.