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2023 Best Value Human Services Graduate Certificate Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$23,160 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Human Services Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 1,277 people earned a degree or certificate in human services, making the major the #124 most popular in the United States.

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Human Services Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

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

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Human Services

Our analysis found American Public University System to be the best value school for human services students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. American Military University is a very large private for-profit school located in the town of Charles Town.

American Military University graduate students pay an average of $7,050 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, American Military University is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Human Services Graduate Certificate Schools list.

Full Human Services at American Public University System 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 value human services schools in the United States. Located in the town of Ada, ECU is a public school with a small student population.

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

Full Human Services at East Central University Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Northern Arizona University is a great value for human services students working on their graduate certificate. NAU is a very large public school located in the city of Flagstaff.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NAU are $20,125 per year.

Read full report on Human Services at Northern Arizona University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Human Services Graduate Certificate Schools list. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

UMN Twin Cities graduate students pay an average of $29,262 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UMN Twin Cities is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Human Services Graduate Certificate Schools list.

Read full report on Human Services at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

#5

Clark University

Worcester, MA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Clark University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Human Services Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the medium-sized city of Worcester, Clark is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Clark graduate students pay an average of $47,730 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Human Services at Clark University Report

Human Services by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 5 majors within the area of study, human services has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 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.

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