Human Services at Southern New Hampshire University

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

SNHU is located in Manchester, New Hampshire and approximately 134,345 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 440 students received a bachelor's degree in human services from SNHU.

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.

SNHU Human Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Services

Online Classes Are Available at SNHU

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

SNHU does offer online education options in human services for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree

SNHU Human Services Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The human services major at SNHU 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
Most Popular Human Services Schools	3
Most Focused Human Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	83

Earnings of SNHU Human Services Graduates

The median salary of human services students who receive their bachelor's degree at SNHU is $34,785. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 6% higher than the national average of $32,912 for all human services bachelor's degree recipients.

Human Services Student Demographics at SNHU

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

SNHU Human Services Bachelor’s Program

Of the 440 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in human services from SNHU in 2021, 8% were men and 92% were women.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in human services at SNHU 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 Southern New Hampshire University with a bachelor's in human services.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	108
Hispanic or Latino	48
White	258
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	26

SNHU 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 NH, the home state for Southern New Hampshire University.

Occupation	Jobs in NH	Average Salary in NH
Social and Human Service Assistants	2,180	$33,120
Social and Community Service Managers	780	$65,380
Community and Social Service Specialists	370	$42,310

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 Kylejtod at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.