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Considering a degree in Human Services?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Human Services majors who live in California.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Human Services degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of California.
Note: Net price is the actual cost of college paid after factoring in financial aid.The net prices displayed in these rankings are College Raptor's estimates.
“Typical” middle class family values used in the Net Price estimates on this page are:
| Rank | Institution | Typical Net Price | Sticker Price | % Savings | Undergraduates | Est. Median SAT | Acceptance Rate | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwest Indian College | 4900 | 16400 | 0.701 | 636 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.588 | 23,453 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10100 | 27800 | 0.6356 | 9,129 | 1075 | 0.9399 | |
| 4 | Grace Christian University | 11000 | 42100 | 0.7394 | 928 | 1075 | 0.9916 | |
| 5 | Northeastern University Oakland | 12500 | 89900 | 0.8606 | 464 | 1469 | 0.1665 | |
| 6 | Arkansas Baptist College | 12800 | 24000 | 0.4661 | 342 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | East Texas A&M University | 12800 | 30000 | 0.5734 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 8 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.606 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 8 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 13600 | 19000 | 0.2845 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.865 | |
| 10 | Western Washington University | 13800 | 31400 | 0.5605 | 13,752 | 1272 | 0.9325 | |
| 11 | Northern Illinois University | 13900 | 30400 | 0.5445 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 12 | Lincoln University | 14100 | 32600 | 0.5668 | 1,545 | 890 | 0.6572 | |
| 13 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 14400 | 31700 | 0.5465 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 14 | Northeastern University | 14500 | 89900 | 0.8387 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 15 | Urshan University | 14600 | 19600 | 0.2557 | 474 | 990 | 0.8378 | |
| 16 | Lander University | 14900 | 24600 | 0.3935 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 17 | Murray State University | 15000 | 27000 | 0.4443 | 7,851 | 1115 | 0.8568 | |
| 17 | Troy University | 15000 | 26700 | 0.4381 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 19 | Fitchburg State University | 15300 | 33700 | 0.5461 | 3,027 | 1145 | 0.8693 | |
| 20 | University of North Texas | 15400 | 26100 | 0.4106 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 21 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 15600 | 25400 | 0.3864 | 9,302 | 1125 | 0.9735 | |
| 22 | Waynesburg University | 15800 | 45000 | 0.6486 | 1,030 | 1093 | 0.8982 | |
| 23 | Dakota Wesleyan University | 15900 | 46400 | 0.6579 | 771 | 1085 | 0.7338 | |
| 23 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | Lindsey Wilson College | 17200 | 47100 | 0.6351 | 1,722 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17300 | 27400 | 0.3684 | 27,132 | 1099 | 0.9617 | |
| 27 | Bethel University | 17800 | 35300 | 0.4953 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 28 | Central Washington University | 18000 | 22700 | 0.2068 | 10,317 | 1045 | 0.9062 | |
| 28 | Southwestern Christian University | 18000 | 26800 | 0.3289 | 380 | 975 | 0.6206 | |
| 30 | University of Mary | 18200 | 32600 | 0.4423 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 31 | Towson University | 18300 | 29900 | 0.3876 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 32 | California State University-Fullerton | 18400 | 20600 | 0.1044 | 38,760 | 1090 | 0.9052 | |
| 33 | Simpson College | 18500 | 60500 | 0.6939 | 1,235 | 1430 | 0.8622 | |
| 34 | University of Northern Colorado | 18800 | 30500 | 0.3836 | 6,480 | 1085 | 0.8585 | |
| 35 | Quincy University | 18900 | 57800 | 0.6728 | 1,072 | 1115 | 0.5093 | |
| 36 | Carson-Newman University | 19200 | 51900 | 0.6303 | 1,596 | 1110 | 0.9045 | |
| 36 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19200 | 62200 | 0.6917 | 2,711 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 38 | Lee University | 19400 | 37400 | 0.4816 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 39 | Bethel University | 19700 | 54500 | 0.6394 | 1,065 | 1030 | 0.9766 | |
| 40 | Bellevue University | 20300 | 36400 | 0.4434 | 11,037 | 0 | 0 | |
| 41 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20600 | 23200 | 0.1121 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 42 | Anna Maria College | 21000 | 54200 | 0.6128 | 916 | 885 | 0.503 | |
| 43 | East Central University | 21300 | 36200 | 0.4114 | 2,644 | 1055 | 0.5815 | |
| 44 | Upper Iowa University | 21700 | 41700 | 0.4783 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 45 | Gordon State College | 21800 | 35300 | 0.3828 | 3,179 | 1015 | 0.859 | |
| 46 | Nelson University | 21900 | 55500 | 0.6054 | 1,479 | 990 | 0.8902 | |
| 47 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22100 | 53000 | 0.5825 | 1,472 | 1075 | 0.8459 | |
| 48 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6197 | 1,436 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 49 | Valley City State University | 22700 | 25600 | 0.1131 | 1,651 | 1055 | 0.9907 | |
| 50 | University of the Cumberlands | 23000 | 26400 | 0.1289 | 7,612 | 1025 | 0.9881 | |
| 51 | East Tennessee State University | 23200 | 30600 | 0.2416 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 52 | Midland University | 23400 | 65300 | 0.6423 | 1,309 | 1045 | 0.6612 | |
| 52 | North Central University | 23400 | 43900 | 0.4671 | 759 | 1075 | 0.9898 | |
| 54 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23500 | 45800 | 0.4873 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 55 | Saint Norbert College | 23700 | 63800 | 0.6283 | 1,970 | 1193 | 0.8574 | |
| 56 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5069 | 718 | 1015 | 0.4759 | |
| 56 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24200 | 55200 | 0.5611 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 58 | Calumet College of Saint Joseph | 24300 | 41500 | 0.4148 | 530 | 895 | 0.4 | |
| 59 | Elmira College | 24500 | 60600 | 0.5957 | 745 | 1250 | 0.7696 | |
| 60 | Saint Leo University | 25000 | 50000 | 0.4998 | 7,516 | 1110 | 0.784 | |
| 61 | Doane University | 25100 | 71000 | 0.6468 | 1,315 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 61 | University of Minnesota-Morris | 25100 | 31900 | 0.2146 | 981 | 1140 | 0.7493 | |
| 63 | Shorter University | 25400 | 36500 | 0.304 | 1,203 | 1110 | 0.9646 | |
| 64 | Columbia College | 26400 | 46900 | 0.4371 | 5,207 | 1145 | 0.4714 | |
| 65 | Geneva College | 26500 | 50300 | 0.4737 | 1,260 | 1143 | 0.7905 | |
| 65 | William Woods University | 26500 | 58400 | 0.5459 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 67 | Wingate University | 26800 | 65000 | 0.5871 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 68 | University of North Georgia | 27200 | 38600 | 0.2957 | 18,322 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 69 | University of Arizona | 27300 | 37700 | 0.2762 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 70 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 71 | Chestnut Hill College | 27800 | 60100 | 0.5373 | 868 | 995 | 0.7446 | |
| 72 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28000 | 41800 | 0.33 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 73 | Lancaster Bible College Capital Seminary & Graduate School | 28300 | 48800 | 0.4197 | 1,793 | 1174 | 0.5589 | |
| 73 | New England College | 28300 | 65800 | 0.57 | 1,032 | 930 | 0.9213 | |
| 75 | Wayland Baptist University | 28500 | 37300 | 0.2361 | 2,087 | 1010 | 0.5596 | |
| 76 | Hilbert College | 29600 | 57100 | 0.4817 | 931 | 1080 | 0.972 | |
| 76 | William Penn University | 29600 | 48000 | 0.3841 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 78 | Mercy University | 29900 | 44500 | 0.3282 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 79 | Mount Saint Mary College | 30800 | 68600 | 0.551 | 2,141 | 1153 | 0.8888 | |
| 80 | California Baptist University | 30900 | 64800 | 0.5223 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 81 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 31400 | 45700 | 0.3132 | 7,062 | 965 | 0.928 | |
| 82 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.332 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 83 | Columbia International University | 31600 | 44800 | 0.2936 | 965 | 1079 | 0.9447 | |
| 84 | Missouri Baptist University | 31700 | 53800 | 0.4116 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 85 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31900 | 50000 | 0.3626 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 86 | Grand View University | 32400 | 58100 | 0.4416 | 1,500 | 1020 | 0.9909 | |
| 87 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5874 | 3,613 | 1250 | 0.8123 | |
| 88 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 32600 | 45300 | 0.2806 | 4,526 | 0 | 0 | |
| 89 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 32900 | 37200 | 0.1156 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 90 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 91 | Nova Southeastern University | 33300 | 56100 | 0.4063 | 7,311 | 1165 | 0.7321 | |
| 92 | Ottawa University-Surprise | 33400 | 67500 | 0.5055 | 837 | 995 | 0.7815 | |
| 92 | University of Bridgeport | 33400 | 60500 | 0.4481 | 1,570 | 1000 | 0.8302 | |
| 94 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55300 | 0.3925 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 95 | Emmanuel College | 33700 | 71400 | 0.528 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 95 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,677 | 1430 | 0.4709 | |
| 97 | Franklin Pierce University | 33800 | 68300 | 0.5048 | 997 | 1174 | 0.9347 | |
| 98 | Fisher College | 33900 | 65300 | 0.4807 | 1,536 | 961 | 0.7068 | |
| 99 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 100 | Texas Southern University | 34100 | 42500 | 0.1978 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 101 | Southeastern University | 34200 | 60500 | 0.4345 | 10,172 | 1110 | 0.5298 | |
| 102 | Southern New Hampshire University | 34300 | 44300 | 0.2256 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 103 | Washburn University | 34600 | 38400 | 0.0989 | 5,331 | 1095 | 0.9551 | |
| 104 | Meredith College | 34700 | 64200 | 0.4596 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 105 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 106 | Lesley University | 36400 | 54700 | 0.3347 | 1,229 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 107 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 37100 | 37600 | 0.0133 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 108 | Bluefield University | 37200 | 43200 | 0.1389 | 627 | 995 | 0.5931 | |
| 108 | Goldey-Beacom College | 37200 | 40200 | 0.0746 | 697 | 0 | 0.8451 | |
| 108 | Hardin-Simmons University | 37200 | 49700 | 0.2514 | 1,291 | 1110 | 0.9 | |
| 111 | Queens University of Charlotte | 37900 | 68200 | 0.444 | 1,225 | 1208 | 0.6208 | |
| 112 | Touro University | 39100 | 42000 | 0.069 | 4,872 | 1322 | 0.6083 | |
| 113 | Loyola University Chicago | 39200 | 74100 | 0.4708 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 114 | Ohio Christian University | 41000 | 43100 | 0.0499 | 1,288 | 890 | 0.3797 | |
| 115 | Montreat College | 41900 | 58100 | 0.278 | 781 | 1164 | 0.692 | |
| 116 | Anderson University | 42300 | 53600 | 0.2108 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 116 | University of Mount Olive | 42300 | 50400 | 0.1617 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 118 | Central Christian College of Kansas | 43000 | 45200 | 0.0476 | 454 | 1020 | 0.5271 | |
| 119 | Spelman College | 44100 | 49200 | 0.1046 | 3,417 | 1218 | 0.2487 | |
| 120 | Lees-McRae College | 44600 | 58700 | 0.241 | 873 | 1140 | 0.7678 | |
| 121 | Mercer University | 45200 | 65400 | 0.3085 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 122 | Beacon College | 48400 | 81800 | 0.4082 | 531 | 0 | 0.4347 | |
| 123 | Elon University | 57000 | 68900 | 0.1728 | 6,452 | 1215 | 0.6635 | |
| 124 | University of Oregon | 64100 | 71300 | 0.1003 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.