2023 Most Popular Human Services Schools
Finding the Best Human Services 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 Most Popular Human Services Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 64 schools in the United States to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Human Services program at each school on the list.
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2023 Most Popular Human Services Schools in the United States
Check out the human services programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.
Top 10 Most Popular Human Services Schools
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Purdue University Global. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Human Services Schools list. Purdue University Global is a fairly large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.
The excellent programs at Saint Leo University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best human services schools in the United States. Located in the small suburb of Saint Leo, St. Leo University is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Wilmington University is a great place for human services students. Wilmington University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of New Castle.
Capella University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Human Services Schools ranking. Capella University is a very large private for-profit school located in the city of Minneapolis.
With a ranking of #7, Post University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for human services students. Post University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of Waterbury.
Lincoln University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Human Services Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Lincoln University, Lincoln is a public school with a small student population.
University of South Dakota came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Human Services Schools ranking. USD is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Vermillion.
Read full report on Human Services at University of South Dakota
Concordia University, Saint Paul did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for human services students. It came in at #10 on the list. Concordia University, Saint Paul is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Paul.
Full Human Services at Concordia University, Saint Paul Report
Additional Noteworthy Schools
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Human Services Schools award.
Rank | College | Location |
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11 | East Central University | Ada, OK |
12 | University of South Florida - Main Campus | Tampa, FL |
12 | Southeastern University | Lakeland, FL |
12 | University of Minnesota - Twin Cities | Minneapolis, MN |
Human Services by Region
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Human Services Related Majors
One of 5 majors within the area of study, human services has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 26 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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