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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$13,433 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.

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.

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 Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Southwest 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.

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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Check out the human services master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

Our analysis found East Central University to be the best value school for human services students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Southwest Region . ECU is a small public school located in the remote town of Ada.

ECU graduate students pay an average of $11,634 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Wayland Baptist University

Plainview, TX

The excellent master’s degree programs at Wayland Baptist University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value human services schools in the Southwest Region . Wayland Baptist University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Plainview.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Wayland Baptist University are $15,232 a year.

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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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