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Best Human Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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2023 Best Human Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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Finding the Best Human Services Graduate Certificate School for You

Human Services is the #124 most popular major in the country with 1,277 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Human Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Southwest Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Human Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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

Top Southwest Region Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Human Services

Our 2023 rankings named Northern Arizona University the best school in the Southwest Region for human services students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public college with a very large student population.

Full Human Services at Northern Arizona University Report

The excellent graduate certificate programs at East Central University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best human services schools in the Southwest Region . ECU is a small public school located in the remote town of Ada.

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Best Human Services Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 5
Arizona 9
Oklahoma 19

Human Services is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Human Services

Related Major Annual Graduates
Social Work 33,631
Public Administration 13,571
Public Policy 3,737
Community Organization & Advocacy 741
Other Public Administration 295

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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