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2023 Most Popular Human Services Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest 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.

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Human Services Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Southwest 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.

Check out the human services master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southwest Region .

Our 2023 rankings named East Central University the most popular school in the Southwest Region for human services students working on their master’s degree. ECU is a small public school located in the town of Ada.

Of the 17 students majoring in human services at ECU, 18% are male and 82% are female.

Read full report on Human Services at East Central University

#2

Wayland Baptist University

Plainview, TX

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Wayland Baptist University is a great place for human services students working on their master’s degree. Wayland Baptist University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Plainview.

Full Human Services at Wayland Baptist University Report

Out of the 4 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brookline College - Phoenix landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Phoenix, Brookline College - Phoenix is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

About 60% of the students majoring in human services at the school are women while 40% are male.

Full Human Services at Brookline College - Phoenix Report

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Lubbock Christian University is a great place for human services students working on their master’s degree. LCU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lubbock.

Full Human Services at Lubbock Christian University Report

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 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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