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Most Popular Human Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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2023 Most Popular Human Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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Finding the Best Human Services Graduate Certificate 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. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Most Popular Human Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Southwest Region to see which graduate certificate 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for human services majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named Northern Arizona University the most popular school in the Southwest Region for human services students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 2 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, East Central University landed the # 2 spot on the list. ECU is a small public school located in the remote town of Ada.

Of the 2 students majoring in human services at ECU, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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Best Human Services Colleges by State

Explore the best human services colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 5
Arizona 9
Oklahoma 19

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.

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