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2023 Most Popular Human Services Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region

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$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. 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.

The Most Popular Human Services Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the New England Region to see which master's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Human Services program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for human services majors pursuing a master's degree.

#1

Post University

Waterbury, CT

Our analysis found Post University to be the most popular school for human services students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the New England Region . Located in the suburb of Waterbury, Post University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

About 91% of the students majoring in human services at the school are women while 9% are male.

Full Human Services at Post University Report

#2

Albertus Magnus College

New Haven, CT

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Albertus Magnus College is a great place for human services students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of New Haven, Albertus Magnus is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Full Human Services at Albertus Magnus College Report

#3

New England College

Henniker, NH

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means New England College is a great place for human services students working on their master’s degree. NEC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Henniker.

Women make up 63% of the human services majors at the school.

Read full report on Human Services at New England College

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network is a great place for human services students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Boston, Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Full Human Services at Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network Report

The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of Massachusetts - Boston helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular human services schools in the New England Region . UMass Boston is a large public school located in the large city of Boston.

Read full report on Human Services at University of Massachusetts - Boston

Best Human Services Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 301
Connecticut 272
New Hampshire 494
Maine 85
Vermont 25

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 5 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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