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2023 Best Value Human Services Schools in Arizona

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$17,480 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$34,124 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Human Services School for You

With 1,143 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, human services is the #20 most popular major in Arizona.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 Schools in Arizona to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 6 schools in Arizona to see which ones offered the best value programs for human services students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Human Services Schools in Arizona

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Human Services Colleges.

Best Arizona Schools for Affordable Quality in Human Services

$9,552 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Phoenix - Arizona the best value school in Arizona for human services students. UOPX - Arizona is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the city of Tempe.

UOPX - Arizona undergraduate students pay an average of $9,552 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their degree, human services graduates from UOPX - Arizona carry an average student debtload of $37,420. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $132, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UOPX - Arizona is ranked #4 for overall quality for human services in Arizona.

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$13,281 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Ottawa University - Phoenix is a great value for human services students. Located in the large city of Phoenix, Ottawa University - Phoenix is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Ottawa University - Phoenix are $13,281 a year. Human Services majors at Ottawa University - Phoenix take out an average of $43,673 in student loans while working on their egree.

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$11,527 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Arizona University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Human Services Schools in Arizona list. NAU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Flagstaff.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NAU are $11,527 per year.

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#4

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ
$17,189 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Grand Canyon University is a great value for human services students. Grand Canyon University is a very large private for-profit school located in the city of Phoenix.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Grand Canyon University are $17,189 per year. After completing their degree, human services graduates from Grand Canyon University carry an average student debtload of $31,000. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $144, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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#5

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ
$12,404 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Human Services Schools in Arizona list. University of Arizona is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tucson.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at University of Arizona are $12,404 per year.

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$33,000 Average Tuition & Fees

Ottawa University - Surprise landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value human services programs. Ottawa University - Surprise is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Surprise.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Ottawa University - Surprise are $33,000 per year. While working on their degree, human services majors at Ottawa University - Surprise accumulate an average of around $43,673 in student debt.

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Best Value Human Services Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value Human Services Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 138
Oklahoma 56
New Mexico 8

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 6 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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