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2023 Best Value Human Services Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$22,623 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,282 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Human Services School for You

Human Services is the #124 most popular major in the country with 1,277 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

The Best Value Human Services Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best value 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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Human Services Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

Best Middle Atlantic Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Human Services

#1

Wilmington University

New Castle, DE
$11,760 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Wilmington University the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for human services students. Located in the suburb of New Castle, Wilmington University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Wilmington University undergraduate students pay an average of $11,760 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Chestnut Hill College

Philadelphia, PA
$38,270 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chestnut Hill College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Human Services Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. CHC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CHC are $38,270 a year.

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#3

University of Baltimore

Baltimore, MD
$22,550 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Baltimore. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Human Services Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. UB is a small public school located in the city of Baltimore.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UB are $22,550 a year.

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#4

Lincoln University

Lincoln University, PA
$17,912 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Lincoln University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best human services schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Lincoln is a small public school located in the suburb of Lincoln University.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lincoln are $17,912 per year.

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Best Human Services Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 1
Pennsylvania 44
Maryland 13
District of Columbia 3
Delaware 62

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 4 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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