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Best Value Human Services Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$14,477 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$40,488 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Human Services Master's 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Human Services Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Pennsylvania to see which master's degree 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.

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

#1

Lincoln University

Lincoln University, PA

Our 2023 rankings named Lincoln University the best value school in Pennsylvania for human services students working on their master’s degree. Lincoln is a small public school located in the suburb of Lincoln University.

Lincoln graduate students pay an average of $11,274 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Chestnut Hill College

Philadelphia, PA

The excellent master’s degree programs at Chestnut Hill College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value human services schools in Pennsylvania. CHC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at CHC are $17,680 per year.

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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 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.

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