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2023 Best Value Human Services Master's Degree Schools in California

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$20,957 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$40,488 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Human Services Master's Degree School for You

Human Services is the #75 most popular major in California with 1,397 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Human Services Master's Degree Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for human services students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Human Services Master's Degree Colleges.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Human Services

#2

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of San Francisco. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in California list. USFCA is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Francisco.

USFCA graduate students pay an average of $27,250 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, USFCA also did well on our Best Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in California list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Read full report on Human Services at University of San Francisco

Best Value Human Services Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Human Services Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 239
Oregon 121
Nevada 58
Hawaii 11

One of 5 majors within the area of study, human services has other similar majors worth exploring.

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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