Human Services at Shorter University

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

Shorter is located in Rome, Georgia and has a total student population of 1,410. In 2021, 9 human services majors received their bachelor's degree from Shorter.

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.

Shorter Human Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Services

Online Classes Are Available at Shorter

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Shorter does offer online courses in human services for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Shorter Human Services Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the human services progam at Shorter 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 Shorter 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	38
Most Focused Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	51
Most Popular Online Human Services Schools	58
	83
Most Focused Human Services Schools	118
Most Popular Human Services Schools	243

How Much Do Human Services Graduates from Shorter Make?

The median salary of human services students who receive their bachelor's degree at Shorter is $32,710. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $32,912 for all human services students.

Human Services Student Demographics at Shorter

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

Shorter Human Services Bachelor’s Program

Of the 9 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in human services from Shorter in 2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% 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 Shorter University with a bachelor's in human services.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

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 GA, the home state for Shorter University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Social and Human Service Assistants	8,070	$29,360
Social and Community Service Managers	3,720	$66,000
Community and Social Service Specialists	2,020	$42,640

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 Thomson200 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.