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Best Value Human Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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2023 Best Value Human Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$15,880 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.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Human Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Southwest Region 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Human Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Human Services Graduate Certificate Colleges.

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

Our analysis found East Central University to be the best value school for human services students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southwest Region . ECU is a small public school located in the remote 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 #2 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 city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NAU are $20,125 a year.

Read full report on Human Services at Northern Arizona University

Best Human Services Colleges by State

Explore the best human services colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 138
Arizona 1,143
Oklahoma 56
New Mexico 8

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

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 2 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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