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2023 Best Value Human Services Graduate Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$23,160 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Human Services Graduate Certificate School for You

Human Services is the #75 most popular major in the country with 13,238 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for human services students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

Check out the human services graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Human Services

Our 2023 rankings named American Public University System the best value school in the United States for human services students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at American Military University are $7,050 a year.

American Military University also claimed a spot on our Best Human Services Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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Out of the 5 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, East Central University landed the # 2 spot on the list. ECU is a small public school located in the town of Ada.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at ECU are $11,634 a year.

Read full report on Human Services at East Central University

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Northern Arizona University is a great value for human services students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NAU are $20,125 per year.

Read full report on Human Services at Northern Arizona University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Human Services Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMN Twin Cities are $29,262 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UMN Twin Cities is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Human Services Graduate Certificate Schools list.

Full Human Services at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Report

#5

Clark University

Worcester, MA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Clark University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value human services schools in the United States. Clark is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Worcester.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Clark are $47,730 per year.

Full Human Services at Clark University Report

Human Services by Region

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Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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 5 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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