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2023 Best Value Human Services Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$17,194 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$25,222 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Human Services Associate Degree School for You

With 434 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, human services is the #88 most popular major in Pennsylvania.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Human Services Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for human services students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Human Services Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Human Services Associate Degree Colleges.

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Human Services

Our 2023 rankings named Harrisburg Area Community College the best value school in Pennsylvania for human services students working on their associate degree. HACC is a large public school located in the small city of Harrisburg.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at HACC are $8,295 per year. While working on their Associate Degree, human services majors at HACC accumulate an average of around $37,835 in student debt.

Full Human Services at Harrisburg Area Community College Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Community College of Philadelphia is a great value for human services students working on their associate degree. Community College of Philadelphia is a fairly large public school located in the city of Philadelphia.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Community College of Philadelphia are $8,688 a year. The average amount in student loans that human services majors at Community College of Philadelphia take out while working on their Associate Degree is $21,161.

Full Human Services at Community College of Philadelphia Report

#3

Elizabethtown College

Elizabethtown, PA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Elizabethtown College is a great value for human services students working on their associate degree. Etown is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Elizabethtown.

Etown undergraduate students pay an average of $34,600 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Etown not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Human Services Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list.

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#4

Harcum College

Bryn Mawr, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Harcum College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Human Services Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Harcum College is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Bryn Mawr.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Harcum College are $26,600 per year. The average amount in student loans that human services majors at Harcum College take out while working on their Associate Degree is $27,001.

In addition to its great value ranking, Harcum College is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Human Services Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list.

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Best Value Human Services Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Human Services Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 1,578
Maryland 167
New Jersey 104
District of Columbia 19
Delaware 268

Human Services is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Human Services

Related Major Annual Graduates
Social Work 58,326
Public Administration 16,905
Public Policy 6,430
Community Organization & Advocacy 3,096
Other Public Administration 588

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to University of the Fraser Valley.

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