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2023 Most Popular Human Services Schools in the Southwest Region

5 Colleges
$34,744 Avg Salary
$39,236 Avg Student Debt

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.

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 Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones were the most popular programs 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 Colleges.

Our analysis found East Central University to be the most popular school for human services students who want to pursue a degree in the Southwest Region . ECU is a small public school located in the remote town of Ada.

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#2

Wayland Baptist University

Plainview, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayland Baptist University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Human Services Schools in the Southwest Region list. Wayland Baptist University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Plainview.

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Out of the 5 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 large city of Phoenix, Brookline College - Phoenix is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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The excellent programs at Northern Arizona University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best human services schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public college with a very large student population.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lubbock Christian University landed the # 5 spot on the list. LCU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large 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 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.

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