2023 Best Value Human Services Master's Degree Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Human Services Master's Degree School for You

Human Services is the #115 most popular major in California with 142 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're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Human Services Master's Degree Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in California to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for human services students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

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

2023 Best Value Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in California

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for human services majors pursuing a master's degree.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Human Services

Best Value Human Services Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State	Degrees Awarded
Washington	0
Oregon	5

Majors Related to Human Services

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.

• 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.