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2023 Most Popular Human Services Schools in the New England Region

56 Colleges
$35,236 Avg Salary
$27,488 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Human Services 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 Most Popular Human Services Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 56 schools in the New England Region to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Human Services program at each school on the list.

Check out the human services programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the New England Region .

Our 2023 rankings named Southern New Hampshire University the most popular school in the New England Region for human services students. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Manchester, SNHU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Human Services majors at SNHU take out an average of $35,356 in student loans while working on their egree.

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#2

Post University

Waterbury, CT

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Post University is a great place for human services students. Located in the suburb of Waterbury, Post University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Human Services majors at Post University take out an average of $50,973 in student loans while working on their egree.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Quinsigamond Community College is a great place for human services students. Quinsigamond Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Worcester.

After completing their degree, human services graduates from Quinsigamond Community College carry an average student debt load of $20,131.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mount Wachusett Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Human Services Schools in the New England Region list. MWCC is a small public school located in the rural area of Gardner.

After completing their degree, human services graduates from MWCC carry an average student debt load of $7,010.

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#5

Fisher College

Boston, MA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Fisher College is a great place for human services students. Fisher College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

Human Services majors at Fisher College take out an average of $27,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

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#6

University of Bridgeport

Bridgeport, CT

With a ranking of #6, University of Bridgeport did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for human services students. UBridgeport is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Bridgeport.

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York County Community College ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Human Services Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the rural area of Wells, York County Community College is a public school with a small student population.

On average, human services graduates from York County Community College take out $11,044 in student loans while working on their degree.

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#8

Cambridge College

Boston, MA

With a ranking of #8, Cambridge College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for human services students. Cambridge College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

After completing their degree, human services graduates from Cambridge College carry an average student debt load of $31,626.

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Community College of Rhode Island did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for human services students. It came in at #9 on the list. CCRI is a fairly large public school located in the city of Warwick.

On average, human services graduates from CCRI take out $8,917 in student loans while working on their degree.

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#10

Quincy College

Quincy, MA

Quincy College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for human services students. It came in at #10 on the list. Quincy College is a small public school located in the large suburb of Quincy.

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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 25 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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