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2023 Best Value Human Services Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$16,932 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$40,488 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Human Services Master's Degree 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. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Human Services Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in the Southeast Region 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 the Southeast Region

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

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

#1

Mercer University

Macon, GA

Our 2023 rankings named Mercer University the best value school in the Southeast Region for human services students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Macon, Mercer is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mercer are $15,544 per year.

Read full report on Human Services at Mercer University

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of North Georgia helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value human services schools in the Southeast Region . UNG is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Dahlonega.

UNG graduate students pay an average of $18,354 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Human Services at University of North Georgia

#3

Southeastern University

Lakeland, FL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southeastern University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. SEU is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Lakeland.

SEU graduate students pay an average of $12,350 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Human Services at Southeastern University

#4

Saint Leo University

Saint Leo, FL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Leo University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. St. Leo University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small suburb of Saint Leo.

St. Leo University graduate students pay an average of $15,218 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Human Services at Saint Leo University

#5

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Liberty University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Human Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Liberty University graduate students pay an average of $8,360 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Human Services at Liberty University Report

With a ranking of #6, University of South Florida - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for human services students working on their master’s degree. USF Tampa is a very large public school located in the city of Tampa.

USF Tampa graduate students pay an average of $21,126 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Human Services at University of South Florida - Main Campus Report

East Tennessee State University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree human services programs. Located in the city of Johnson City, ETSU is a public school with a large student population.

ETSU graduate students pay an average of $25,856 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Human Services at East Tennessee State University

Best Human Services Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 2
Florida 100
Georgia 17
North Carolina 12
Tennessee 15
South Carolina 0
Mississippi 15
West Virginia 7

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 7 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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