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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 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 4400 | 12900 | 0.6547 | 12,937 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.5879 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 3 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10200 | 27800 | 0.632 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 4 | Northwest Indian College | 10600 | 25700 | 0.5883 | 696 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 10700 | 27400 | 0.6092 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 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 | Western Washington University | 13800 | 31600 | 0.5637 | 13,752 | 1218 | 0.9325 | |
| 11 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 13900 | 25000 | 0.4455 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 12 | East Central University | 14100 | 37600 | 0.6248 | 2,644 | 1055 | 0.5815 | |
| 13 | Northeastern University | 14500 | 89900 | 0.8387 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 13 | Northern Illinois University | 14500 | 30700 | 0.5293 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 15 | University of North Texas | 14600 | 25700 | 0.4325 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 15 | Urshan University | 14600 | 19500 | 0.2512 | 514 | 1040 | 0.8387 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14700 | 22800 | 0.3557 | 11,874 | 1082 | 0.8377 | |
| 18 | Gordon State College | 14900 | 33500 | 0.5553 | 3,129 | 965 | 0.8678 | |
| 19 | Lander University | 15000 | 24600 | 0.3895 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 19 | Murray State University | 15000 | 27000 | 0.4438 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 21 | Troy University | 15100 | 32600 | 0.5365 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 21 | University of North Georgia | 15100 | 48000 | 0.6857 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 23 | Central Washington University | 15300 | 22700 | 0.3256 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 24 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 15400 | 41600 | 0.6305 | 9,302 | 1125 | 0.9735 | |
| 25 | Fitchburg State University | 15700 | 30100 | 0.4777 | 3,027 | 1150 | 0.8693 | |
| 26 | Waynesburg University | 15800 | 45000 | 0.6482 | 1,088 | 1099 | 0.9169 | |
| 27 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16200 | 23200 | 0.3017 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 29 | University of Northern Colorado | 16900 | 30500 | 0.4459 | 6,480 | 1085 | 0.9363 | |
| 30 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17100 | 34000 | 0.4966 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 31 | University of Mary | 17200 | 32600 | 0.473 | 2,650 | 1189 | 0.7825 | |
| 32 | Quincy University | 17700 | 68000 | 0.7392 | 1,072 | 1115 | 0.5093 | |
| 33 | Carson-Newman University | 17800 | 51900 | 0.6573 | 1,606 | 1110 | 0.9045 | |
| 33 | Dakota Wesleyan University | 17800 | 46400 | 0.6169 | 767 | 1108 | 0.7277 | |
| 33 | Saint Leo University | 17800 | 50000 | 0.6438 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 36 | Lee University | 17900 | 37400 | 0.5217 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 37 | Simpson College | 18000 | 59500 | 0.6976 | 1,140 | 1430 | 0.8888 | |
| 38 | California State University-Fullerton | 18100 | 20600 | 0.1231 | 38,597 | 0 | 0.9052 | |
| 39 | Southwestern Christian University | 18200 | 26800 | 0.3214 | 351 | 930 | 0.8034 | |
| 40 | Texas Southern University | 19300 | 42500 | 0.5462 | 6,619 | 915 | 0.9335 | |
| 41 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 19500 | 51200 | 0.6191 | 6,706 | 965 | 0.92 | |
| 41 | Towson University | 19500 | 30000 | 0.3495 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 43 | Nelson University | 19600 | 53900 | 0.6369 | 1,413 | 1020 | 0.8423 | |
| 44 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20000 | 71400 | 0.7203 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 45 | Bethel University | 20100 | 62500 | 0.6778 | 1,107 | 1070 | 0.9868 | |
| 46 | Lancaster Bible College Capital Seminary & Graduate School | 20800 | 60200 | 0.6545 | 1,778 | 1170 | 0.9519 | |
| 47 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21100 | 24900 | 0.1526 | 5,823 | 1150 | 0.8619 | |
| 48 | Kennesaw State University | 21200 | 27200 | 0.2207 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 49 | Anna Maria College | 21600 | 54200 | 0.6017 | 995 | 985 | 0.896 | |
| 49 | Calumet College of Saint Joseph | 21600 | 50800 | 0.5752 | 560 | 915 | 0.5728 | |
| 51 | Upper Iowa University | 21700 | 41700 | 0.478 | 2,504 | 965 | 0.9338 | |
| 52 | Valley City State University | 21800 | 24700 | 0.1167 | 1,651 | 1055 | 0.9907 | |
| 53 | University of the Cumberlands | 22000 | 26400 | 0.1663 | 6,091 | 1110 | 0.7139 | |
| 54 | Bethel University | 22100 | 41600 | 0.4688 | 2,719 | 1005 | 0.9717 | |
| 54 | Saint Norbert College | 22100 | 63800 | 0.6534 | 1,970 | 1193 | 0.8574 | |
| 54 | William Woods University | 22100 | 60800 | 0.6362 | 1,097 | 1140 | 0.7449 | |
| 57 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6195 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 57 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22500 | 58100 | 0.6132 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 59 | Mount Saint Mary College | 22600 | 68400 | 0.6697 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 60 | Elmira College | 23600 | 69000 | 0.6577 | 745 | 1250 | 0.7696 | |
| 61 | Fontbonne University | 23800 | 49800 | 0.5223 | 650 | 1090 | 0.9503 | |
| 61 | Midland University | 23800 | 74700 | 0.6815 | 1,333 | 1070 | 0.6692 | |
| 63 | Hilbert College | 24000 | 63200 | 0.6205 | 939 | 1080 | 0.98 | |
| 64 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5067 | 793 | 985 | 0.6233 | |
| 64 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24200 | 55200 | 0.561 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 66 | University of Bridgeport | 25300 | 65800 | 0.6156 | 1,479 | 1000 | 0.6431 | |
| 67 | Shorter University | 25400 | 36500 | 0.3038 | 1,091 | 1090 | 0.9693 | |
| 68 | Columbia College | 25700 | 51600 | 0.5023 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 68 | East Tennessee State University | 25700 | 30600 | 0.16 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 70 | Doane University | 26000 | 77700 | 0.665 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 71 | North Central University | 26200 | 43900 | 0.4035 | 865 | 1075 | 0.9082 | |
| 71 | Washburn University | 26200 | 36300 | 0.2779 | 5,331 | 1095 | 1 | |
| 73 | Geneva College | 26500 | 50300 | 0.4744 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 74 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 26800 | 45500 | 0.4112 | 4,264 | 1130 | 0.7423 | |
| 74 | Wingate University | 26800 | 65000 | 0.5869 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 76 | Emmanuel College | 27100 | 68300 | 0.6035 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 77 | Wayland Baptist University | 27200 | 37300 | 0.271 | 2,087 | 925 | 0.5596 | |
| 78 | University of Arizona | 27400 | 37700 | 0.2736 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 79 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28000 | 41800 | 0.3298 | 1,817 | 1094 | 0.8078 | |
| 80 | Bellevue University | 28200 | 32400 | 0.1278 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 81 | Mercy University | 28400 | 44500 | 0.3619 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 82 | University of Minnesota-Morris | 28500 | 33700 | 0.1526 | 981 | 1140 | 0.7493 | |
| 83 | Chestnut Hill College | 28600 | 75900 | 0.6233 | 972 | 995 | 0.7913 | |
| 84 | New England College | 29500 | 65800 | 0.5517 | 1,032 | 930 | 0.9213 | |
| 85 | Southeastern University | 29600 | 60500 | 0.5105 | 10,351 | 1110 | 0.6165 | |
| 85 | William Penn University | 29600 | 48000 | 0.3838 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 87 | Goodwin University | 29800 | 36400 | 0.1814 | 2,911 | 0 | 1 | |
| 87 | York College of Pennsylvania | 29800 | 45800 | 0.3496 | 3,308 | 1140 | 0.942 | |
| 89 | Franklin Pierce University | 30400 | 68300 | 0.5546 | 1,058 | 1045 | 0.9083 | |
| 90 | East Texas A&M University | 30700 | 36500 | 0.1589 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 91 | California Baptist University | 30900 | 64800 | 0.5223 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 92 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.3316 | 887 | 1100 | 1 | |
| 93 | Missouri Baptist University | 31700 | 53800 | 0.4113 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 94 | Grand View University | 31900 | 58100 | 0.45 | 1,483 | 1035 | 0.9843 | |
| 94 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31900 | 50000 | 0.3623 | 898 | 975 | 0.7614 | |
| 96 | Liberty University | 32000 | 44300 | 0.2777 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 97 | Nova Southeastern University | 32400 | 56300 | 0.4242 | 7,307 | 1165 | 0.7324 | |
| 98 | Southern New Hampshire University | 32500 | 52800 | 0.3846 | 2,615 | 965 | 0.8443 | |
| 98 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5872 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.8029 | |
| 100 | Anderson University | 33300 | 52500 | 0.3659 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 101 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55900 | 0.3992 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 102 | Columbia International University | 33700 | 44800 | 0.2486 | 721 | 1050 | 0.9461 | |
| 102 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 104 | Beacon College | 33800 | 98100 | 0.6553 | 531 | 0 | 0.1677 | |
| 105 | Fisher College | 33900 | 65300 | 0.4806 | 1,384 | 961 | 0.7075 | |
| 106 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54800 | 0.378 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 107 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 108 | Meredith College | 35500 | 64200 | 0.4472 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 109 | Loyola University Chicago | 35600 | 73600 | 0.5164 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 110 | Hardin-Simmons University | 36200 | 49700 | 0.2715 | 1,291 | 1110 | 0.862 | |
| 111 | Ottawa University-Surprise | 36400 | 56300 | 0.3535 | 768 | 970 | 0.3988 | |
| 112 | Touro University | 36600 | 42000 | 0.1284 | 5,098 | 1366 | 0.6185 | |
| 113 | Bluefield University | 37200 | 43200 | 0.1389 | 694 | 995 | 0.6272 | |
| 113 | Goldey-Beacom College | 37200 | 40200 | 0.0742 | 702 | 0 | 0.7653 | |
| 115 | Lesley University | 37600 | 54700 | 0.3127 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 115 | Queens University of Charlotte | 37600 | 68200 | 0.4484 | 1,225 | 1235 | 0.5651 | |
| 117 | Elon University | 38400 | 58200 | 0.34 | 6,452 | 1244 | 0.6635 | |
| 118 | Montreat College | 38800 | 55000 | 0.2935 | 759 | 1055 | 0.6555 | |
| 119 | Ohio Christian University | 40200 | 42300 | 0.0504 | 1,340 | 890 | 0.399 | |
| 120 | Spelman College | 41000 | 49200 | 0.1673 | 2,712 | 1218 | 0.2487 | |
| 121 | Central Christian College of Kansas | 43000 | 45200 | 0.0473 | 437 | 1020 | 0.957 | |
| 122 | Lees-McRae College | 44600 | 58700 | 0.2408 | 873 | 1140 | 0.7685 | |
| 123 | City University of Seattle | 46300 | 46300 | 0 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
| 124 | University of Delaware | 47300 | 61300 | 0.2292 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 125 | Mercer University | 47700 | 63700 | 0.2513 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 126 | University of Mount Olive | 48300 | 50400 | 0.0424 | 1,937 | 1020 | 0.7775 | |
| 127 | University of Oregon | 66800 | 68900 | 0.031 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.