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2023 Best Value Human Services Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$16,932 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 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. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in the Southeast Region 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.

2023 Best Value Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for human services majors pursuing a master's degree.

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

#1

Mercer University

Macon, GA

Our 2023 rankings named Mercer University the best value school in the Southeast Region for human services students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Macon, Mercer is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Mercer are $15,544 a year.

Read full report on Human Services at Mercer University

Out of the 7 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Georgia landed the # 2 spot on the list. UNG is a fairly large public school located in the town of Dahlonega.

UNG graduate students pay an average of $18,354 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Human Services at University of North Georgia

#3

Southeastern University

Lakeland, FL

The excellent master’s degree programs at Southeastern University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value human services schools in the Southeast Region . SEU is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Lakeland.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SEU are $12,350 a year.

Full Human Services at Southeastern University Report

#4

Saint Leo University

Saint Leo, FL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Saint Leo University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. St. Leo University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small suburb of Saint Leo.

St. Leo University graduate students pay an average of $15,218 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Human Services at Saint Leo University Report

#5

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

The excellent master’s degree programs at Liberty University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value human services schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Liberty University are $8,360 per year.

Read full report on Human Services at Liberty University

With a ranking of #6, University of South Florida - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for human services students working on their master’s degree. USF Tampa is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Tampa.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at USF Tampa are $21,126 a year.

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East Tennessee State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the city of Johnson City, ETSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at ETSU are $25,856 per year.

Full Human Services at East Tennessee State University Report

Best Human Services Colleges by State

Explore the best human services schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 198
Virginia 63
North Carolina 129
Florida 1,540
Tennessee 94
Kentucky 380
South Carolina 221
Arkansas 12
Alabama 87
Mississippi 15
West Virginia 17

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 7 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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