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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$10,862 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$40,488 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 26 degrees and certificates were awarded to human services students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #157 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Human Services Master's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Illinois 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Human Services Master's Degree Colleges.

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

#1

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Concordia University, Chicago the best value school in Illinois for human services students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Concordia University, Chicago are $9,378 per year.

Full Human Services at Concordia University, Chicago Report

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Illinois at Springfield helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value human services schools in Illinois. Located in the city of Springfield, UIS is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UIS are $11,111 a year.

Full Human Services at University of Illinois at Springfield Report

Out of the 3 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, National Louis University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Chicago, NLU is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NLU are $12,096 per year.

Full Human Services at National Louis University Report

Best Value Human Services Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Human Services Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 0
Ohio 19
Indiana 206
Wisconsin 7

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

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 3 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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