2023 Best Value Human Services Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Human Services Master's Degree 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. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
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 the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the New England Region 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.
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 New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Human Services
Our analysis found Post University to be the best value school for human services students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the New England Region . Located in the medium-sized suburb of Waterbury, Post University is a private for-profit school with a large student population.
Post University graduate students pay an average of $7,700 in tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 2 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Albertus Magnus College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of New Haven, Albertus Magnus is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Albertus Magnus are $21,928 per year.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Massachusetts | 301 |
Connecticut | 272 |
New Hampshire | 494 |
Maine | 85 |
Vermont | 25 |
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Majors Related to Human Services
Human Services is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.
Majors Similar to Human Services
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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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