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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 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.5879 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 3 | Northwest Indian College | 10600 | 25700 | 0.5883 | 696 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 10700 | 27400 | 0.6092 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 5 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 10900 | 20400 | 0.4654 | 12,937 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Lincoln University | 11500 | 31700 | 0.6365 | 1,545 | 890 | 0.6572 | |
| 7 | Grace Christian University | 12100 | 41400 | 0.7082 | 891 | 995 | 0.9931 | |
| 8 | Lindsey Wilson College | 12500 | 60700 | 0.7936 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 9 | Arkansas Baptist College | 12900 | 31200 | 0.5871 | 373 | 0 | 0.5774 | |
| 10 | East Central University | 13700 | 18500 | 0.2598 | 2,644 | 1055 | 0.5815 | |
| 10 | Northern Illinois University | 13700 | 30700 | 0.5533 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 12 | Stephen F Austin State University | 14300 | 36100 | 0.6039 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 13 | Northeastern University | 14500 | 89900 | 0.8387 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 14 | University of North Texas | 14600 | 25700 | 0.4325 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 14 | Urshan College | 14600 | 19500 | 0.2512 | 514 | 1040 | 0.8387 | |
| 16 | Gordon State College | 14700 | 33500 | 0.5612 | 3,129 | 950 | 0.8678 | |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14700 | 22800 | 0.3557 | 11,874 | 1082 | 0.8377 | |
| 18 | Lander University | 15000 | 24600 | 0.3895 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 19 | Troy University | 15100 | 32600 | 0.5365 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 19 | University of North Georgia | 15100 | 48000 | 0.6857 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 21 | Central Washington University | 15200 | 27200 | 0.4406 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 22 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 15400 | 41600 | 0.6305 | 9,302 | 1125 | 0.9735 | |
| 23 | Fitchburg State University | 15600 | 30100 | 0.481 | 3,027 | 1150 | 0.8693 | |
| 24 | Waynesburg University | 15800 | 45000 | 0.648 | 1,088 | 1099 | 0.9169 | |
| 25 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 26 | University of Northern Colorado | 16900 | 39100 | 0.568 | 6,480 | 1085 | 0.9363 | |
| 27 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17100 | 34000 | 0.4966 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 28 | University of Mary | 17200 | 32600 | 0.4728 | 2,650 | 1189 | 0.7825 | |
| 29 | Quincy University | 17700 | 68000 | 0.7392 | 1,072 | 1115 | 0.5093 | |
| 30 | Carson-Newman University | 17800 | 51900 | 0.6573 | 1,606 | 1110 | 0.9045 | |
| 30 | Saint Leo University | 17800 | 50000 | 0.6438 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 32 | Simpson College | 18000 | 59500 | 0.6976 | 1,140 | 1430 | 0.8888 | |
| 33 | California State University-Fullerton | 18100 | 20600 | 0.1217 | 38,597 | 0 | 0.9052 | |
| 34 | Southwestern Christian University | 18200 | 26800 | 0.3214 | 351 | 930 | 0.8034 | |
| 34 | University of Arizona | 18200 | 30900 | 0.4117 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 36 | Texas Southern University | 19300 | 42500 | 0.5462 | 6,619 | 920 | 0.9335 | |
| 37 | Gallaudet University | 19400 | 44900 | 0.5681 | 919 | 875 | 0.6094 | |
| 38 | Towson University | 19500 | 30000 | 0.3495 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 39 | University of Minnesota-Morris | 19600 | 30300 | 0.3538 | 981 | 1140 | 0.7493 | |
| 40 | Lancaster Bible College Capital Seminary & Graduate School | 19700 | 60200 | 0.6727 | 1,778 | 1115 | 0.9519 | |
| 41 | Grand View University | 19800 | 52500 | 0.6216 | 1,483 | 1035 | 0.9843 | |
| 42 | Bethel University | 20000 | 62500 | 0.6805 | 1,107 | 1029 | 0.9868 | |
| 43 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20700 | 57800 | 0.6418 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
| 44 | Kennesaw State University | 21200 | 27200 | 0.2207 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 45 | Wayland Baptist University | 21400 | 37300 | 0.4266 | 2,087 | 925 | 0.5596 | |
| 46 | Anna Maria College | 21600 | 54200 | 0.6017 | 995 | 985 | 0.896 | |
| 46 | Calumet College of Saint Joseph | 21600 | 50800 | 0.5752 | 560 | 915 | 0.5728 | |
| 48 | Upper Iowa University | 21700 | 41700 | 0.478 | 2,504 | 1045 | 0.9338 | |
| 49 | Valley City State University | 21800 | 24700 | 0.1195 | 1,651 | 1055 | 0.9907 | |
| 50 | Malone University | 21900 | 68800 | 0.6815 | 992 | 1075 | 0.7586 | |
| 50 | University of the Cumberlands | 21900 | 26400 | 0.1689 | 6,091 | 1110 | 0.7139 | |
| 52 | Le Moyne College | 22000 | 58100 | 0.6209 | 2,563 | 1240 | 0.7529 | |
| 53 | Saint Norbert College | 22100 | 70700 | 0.6877 | 1,970 | 1193 | 0.8574 | |
| 53 | William Woods University | 22100 | 60800 | 0.6362 | 1,097 | 1140 | 0.7449 | |
| 55 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6203 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 56 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22500 | 58100 | 0.6132 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 57 | Mount Saint Mary College | 22600 | 68400 | 0.6697 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 58 | Bethel University | 23500 | 41600 | 0.4351 | 2,719 | 1171 | 0.9717 | |
| 59 | Elmira College | 23600 | 69000 | 0.6577 | 745 | 1250 | 0.7696 | |
| 60 | Fontbonne University | 23800 | 49800 | 0.5223 | 650 | 1090 | 0.9503 | |
| 60 | Hilbert College | 23800 | 63200 | 0.6237 | 939 | 1103 | 0.98 | |
| 62 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5714 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 62 | Midland University | 24000 | 74700 | 0.6783 | 1,333 | 1079 | 0.6692 | |
| 64 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5076 | 793 | 1049 | 0.624 | |
| 64 | Rivier University | 24200 | 73300 | 0.6696 | 1,335 | 1060 | 0.8176 | |
| 64 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24200 | 55200 | 0.5617 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 67 | Westminster College | 24700 | 53800 | 0.5413 | 593 | 1160 | 0.7758 | |
| 68 | Syracuse University | 25300 | 83100 | 0.6955 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 69 | Shorter University | 25400 | 36500 | 0.3037 | 1,322 | 1090 | 0.9693 | |
| 70 | Columbia College | 25700 | 51600 | 0.5023 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 70 | East Tennessee State University | 25700 | 30600 | 0.16 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 70 | University of Bridgeport | 25700 | 65800 | 0.6095 | 1,479 | 1065 | 0.6431 | |
| 70 | Warren Wilson College | 25700 | 57000 | 0.5489 | 742 | 1289 | 0.7771 | |
| 74 | Doane University | 25900 | 77700 | 0.6663 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 75 | North Central University | 26100 | 43900 | 0.4058 | 865 | 1075 | 0.9082 | |
| 76 | Earlham College | 26400 | 75800 | 0.6521 | 696 | 1233 | 0.7311 | |
| 76 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4748 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 78 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 26800 | 45500 | 0.4112 | 4,264 | 1130 | 0.7423 | |
| 78 | Wingate University | 26800 | 65000 | 0.5879 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 80 | Emmanuel College | 27100 | 68300 | 0.6035 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 81 | Canisius University | 27400 | 64800 | 0.5776 | 1,724 | 1129 | 0.7224 | |
| 81 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 27400 | 67800 | 0.5961 | 936 | 980 | 0.8003 | |
| 81 | York College of Pennsylvania | 27400 | 45800 | 0.4021 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 84 | Murray State University | 27700 | 32400 | 0.1454 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 85 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28000 | 41800 | 0.3298 | 1,817 | 1080 | 0.8078 | |
| 86 | Bellevue University | 28300 | 32400 | 0.1267 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 87 | Mercy University | 28400 | 44500 | 0.3619 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 88 | Chestnut Hill College | 28600 | 75900 | 0.6233 | 972 | 995 | 0.7913 | |
| 89 | New England College | 29500 | 65800 | 0.5517 | 1,032 | 930 | 0.9213 | |
| 89 | William Penn University | 29500 | 48000 | 0.3853 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 91 | Franklin Pierce University | 30000 | 68300 | 0.5604 | 1,058 | 1095 | 0.9083 | |
| 92 | Southeastern University | 30200 | 60500 | 0.5005 | 10,351 | 1130 | 0.6165 | |
| 93 | McPherson College | 30500 | 53500 | 0.43 | 876 | 1065 | 0.7676 | |
| 93 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30500 | 46200 | 0.34 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 95 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 30600 | 36500 | 0.1616 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 96 | California Baptist University | 30900 | 64800 | 0.5223 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 96 | Fisher College | 30900 | 62300 | 0.5042 | 1,384 | 961 | 0.7075 | |
| 98 | Columbia International University | 31600 | 44800 | 0.2948 | 721 | 1079 | 0.9461 | |
| 98 | Missouri Baptist University | 31600 | 53800 | 0.4126 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 100 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31800 | 50000 | 0.3637 | 898 | 1044 | 0.7614 | |
| 101 | Liberty University | 32000 | 60900 | 0.4748 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 102 | Nova Southeastern University | 32400 | 56300 | 0.4242 | 7,307 | 1165 | 0.7324 | |
| 102 | Spring Arbor University | 32400 | 51100 | 0.3658 | 1,091 | 1120 | 0.3733 | |
| 102 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5881 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
| 105 | Southern New Hampshire University | 32500 | 52800 | 0.3846 | 159,653 | 965 | 0.9612 | |
| 106 | Anderson University | 33300 | 52500 | 0.3659 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 107 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55900 | 0.3992 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 108 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 109 | Beacon College | 33800 | 98100 | 0.6553 | 531 | 0 | 0.1677 | |
| 110 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 111 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 34900 | 37600 | 0.0719 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 112 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 113 | Goldey-Beacom College | 35100 | 38100 | 0.0802 | 702 | 0 | 0.7653 | |
| 114 | Hardin-Simmons University | 35400 | 49700 | 0.2876 | 1,283 | 1080 | 0.9653 | |
| 114 | Meredith College | 35400 | 64200 | 0.4487 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 116 | Loyola University Chicago | 35500 | 73600 | 0.5177 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 116 | Seton Hill University | 35500 | 78000 | 0.5452 | 1,597 | 1150 | 0.7579 | |
| 118 | Ottawa University-Surprise | 35700 | 56300 | 0.3659 | 768 | 980 | 0.3988 | |
| 119 | Touro University | 36500 | 42000 | 0.1308 | 5,098 | 1366 | 0.6196 | |
| 119 | Western Washington University | 36500 | 36500 | 0 | 13,752 | 1218 | 0.9325 | |
| 121 | Bluefield University | 37200 | 43200 | 0.1389 | 694 | 995 | 0.6272 | |
| 122 | Lesley University | 37600 | 54700 | 0.3127 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 122 | Queens University of Charlotte | 37600 | 68200 | 0.4484 | 1,225 | 1235 | 0.5651 | |
| 124 | Elon University | 38400 | 58200 | 0.34 | 6,452 | 1244 | 0.6635 | |
| 125 | Montreat College | 38800 | 55000 | 0.2948 | 759 | 1055 | 0.6555 | |
| 126 | Ohio Christian University | 40100 | 42300 | 0.0521 | 1,340 | 890 | 0.399 | |
| 127 | Spelman College | 40900 | 49200 | 0.1687 | 2,712 | 1218 | 0.2487 | |
| 128 | Central Christian College of Kansas | 43000 | 45200 | 0.0488 | 437 | 1020 | 0.957 | |
| 129 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 43700 | 43700 | 0 | 11,554 | 1100 | 0.5516 | |
| 130 | Lees-McRae College | 44500 | 58700 | 0.242 | 873 | 1140 | 0.7685 | |
| 131 | City University of Seattle | 46300 | 46300 | 0 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
| 132 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 61300 | 0.2309 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 133 | Mercer University | 47700 | 63700 | 0.2513 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 134 | University of Mount Olive | 48200 | 50400 | 0.0438 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 135 | University of Oregon | 66700 | 68900 | 0.032 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.