Human Services at Walden University

If you are interested in studying human services, you may want to check out the program at Walden University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Walden University is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and has a total student population of 49,695. In 2021, 76 human services majors received their bachelor's degree from Walden University.

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.

Walden University Human Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Services
• Master’s Degree in Human Services
• Doctorate Degree in Human Services

Online Classes Are Available at Walden University

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Walden University offers distance education options for human services at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

In 2021, 255 students received their master’s degree in human services from Walden University. This makes it the #1 most popular school for human services master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 60 students who received their doctoral degrees in human services, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Human Services Graduates from Walden University Make?

The median salary of human services students who receive their bachelor's degree at Walden University is $36,465. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 11% higher than the national average of $32,912 for all human services bachelor's degree recipients.

Human Services Student Demographics at Walden University

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

Walden University Human Services Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 76 students earned a bachelor's degree in human services from Walden University. About 83% of these graduates were women and the other 17% were men. The typical human services bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at Walden University since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 1% 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 Walden University with a bachelor's in human services.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	40
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	31
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Walden University Human Services Master’s Program

The human services program at Walden University awarded 255 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 9% of these degrees went to men with the other 91% going to women.

In the human services master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 70% of degree recipients. That is 17% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	148
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	50
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	30

Walden University also has a doctoral program available in human services. In 2021, 60 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Public Administration
• Public Policy
• Public Administration
• 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 Walden 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

More about our data sources and methodologies.