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2023 Most Popular Human Services Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region

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$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.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Human Services Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the New England Region to see which master's degree 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Human Services Master's Degree Colleges.

#1

Post University

Waterbury, CT

Our analysis found Post University to be the most popular school for human services students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the New England Region . Located in the midsize suburb of Waterbury, Post University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 45 students majoring in human services at Post University, 9% are male and 91% are female.

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#2

Albertus Magnus College

New Haven, CT

Out of the 5 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Albertus Magnus College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of New Haven, Albertus Magnus is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#3

New England College

Henniker, NH

The in-demand master’s degree programs at New England College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular human services schools in the New England Region . NEC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Henniker.

About 63% of the students majoring in human services at the school are women while 38% are male.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Massachusetts - Boston is a great place for human services students working on their master’s degree. UMass Boston is a large public school located in the city of Boston.

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Out of the 5 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Boston, Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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Best Human Services Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 12
Connecticut 61
New Hampshire 8

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 5 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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