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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 | Northeastern University Professional Programs | 5100 | 53000 | 0.9035 | 2,525 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 6200 | 12900 | 0.5189 | 12,937 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Northwest Indian College | 10600 | 15500 | 0.3167 | 696 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Santa Monica College | 11800 | 20900 | 0.4365 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 5 | Grace Christian University | 12000 | 30700 | 0.6093 | 891 | 995 | 0.9931 | |
| 6 | Lincoln University | 13700 | 30900 | 0.5558 | 1,545 | 890 | 0.6572 | |
| 7 | Northern Illinois University | 13900 | 29300 | 0.5255 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 8 | Western Washington University | 14000 | 31600 | 0.5574 | 13,752 | 1218 | 0.9325 | |
| 9 | Northeastern University | 14500 | 89900 | 0.8391 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 10 | Urshan College | 14600 | 20700 | 0.2945 | 514 | 1040 | 0.8387 | |
| 11 | Lindsey Wilson College | 14900 | 47600 | 0.6863 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 12 | Waynesburg University | 15800 | 45000 | 0.6488 | 1,088 | 1099 | 0.9169 | |
| 13 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 15900 | 30800 | 0.4842 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 13 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | California State University-Fullerton | 16800 | 20600 | 0.1838 | 38,597 | 0 | 0.9052 | |
| 16 | University of Mary | 17200 | 32600 | 0.4735 | 2,650 | 1189 | 0.7825 | |
| 17 | Quincy University | 18200 | 62900 | 0.7111 | 1,072 | 1115 | 0.5093 | |
| 18 | Gallaudet University | 18800 | 44200 | 0.5741 | 919 | 875 | 0.6094 | |
| 18 | Texas Southern University | 18800 | 42400 | 0.5561 | 6,619 | 920 | 0.9335 | |
| 20 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 19000 | 27600 | 0.3115 | 9,302 | 1125 | 0.9735 | |
| 21 | Arkansas Baptist College | 19200 | 24400 | 0.2131 | 373 | 0 | 0.5774 | |
| 22 | University of Northern Colorado | 19300 | 30500 | 0.3672 | 6,480 | 1085 | 0.9363 | |
| 23 | Carson-Newman University | 19500 | 51700 | 0.6227 | 1,606 | 1110 | 0.9045 | |
| 23 | Gordon State College | 19500 | 24900 | 0.2167 | 3,129 | 950 | 0.8678 | |
| 23 | Simpson College | 19500 | 59400 | 0.6719 | 1,140 | 1430 | 0.8888 | |
| 26 | Southwestern Christian University | 20000 | 26600 | 0.2479 | 351 | 930 | 0.8034 | |
| 27 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 21000 | 57800 | 0.6362 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
| 28 | Wayland Baptist University | 21500 | 37300 | 0.424 | 2,087 | 925 | 0.5596 | |
| 29 | Anna Maria College | 21700 | 54200 | 0.6001 | 995 | 985 | 0.896 | |
| 29 | Canisius University | 21700 | 53200 | 0.5917 | 1,724 | 1129 | 0.7224 | |
| 29 | Upper Iowa University | 21700 | 41700 | 0.4785 | 2,504 | 1045 | 0.9338 | |
| 32 | Lancaster Bible College Capital Seminary & Graduate School | 21800 | 54400 | 0.5994 | 1,778 | 1115 | 0.9519 | |
| 33 | Grand View University | 22000 | 52500 | 0.5815 | 1,483 | 1035 | 0.9843 | |
| 34 | Saint Norbert College | 22100 | 62300 | 0.6453 | 1,970 | 1193 | 0.8574 | |
| 34 | Valley City State University | 22100 | 24700 | 0.1066 | 1,651 | 1055 | 0.9907 | |
| 36 | University of the Cumberlands | 22200 | 26400 | 0.1568 | 6,091 | 1110 | 0.7139 | |
| 37 | Bethel University | 22700 | 49200 | 0.5382 | 1,107 | 1029 | 0.9868 | |
| 37 | Buena Vista University | 22700 | 59100 | 0.6166 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 39 | Saint Leo University | 23000 | 50000 | 0.5398 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 40 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23500 | 24500 | 0.0407 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 40 | William Woods University | 23500 | 60700 | 0.613 | 1,097 | 1140 | 0.7449 | |
| 42 | Malone University | 23700 | 55800 | 0.5753 | 992 | 1075 | 0.7586 | |
| 42 | Meredith College | 23700 | 77200 | 0.6927 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 44 | Fontbonne University | 23800 | 50200 | 0.5261 | 650 | 1090 | 0.9503 | |
| 45 | Calumet College of Saint Joseph | 23900 | 42000 | 0.4307 | 560 | 915 | 0.5728 | |
| 45 | East Central University | 23900 | 33300 | 0.2825 | 2,644 | 1055 | 0.5815 | |
| 47 | Elmira College | 24400 | 50000 | 0.5123 | 745 | 1250 | 0.7696 | |
| 47 | Judson University | 24400 | 49100 | 0.5035 | 793 | 1049 | 0.624 | |
| 47 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24400 | 55200 | 0.5581 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 50 | Midland University | 24500 | 63000 | 0.6107 | 1,333 | 1079 | 0.6692 | |
| 51 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 24800 | 25600 | 0.0313 | 11,874 | 1082 | 0.8377 | |
| 52 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 24900 | 37400 | 0.3346 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 53 | Dominican University | 25000 | 55500 | 0.5494 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 54 | Westminster College | 25100 | 53800 | 0.5339 | 593 | 1160 | 0.7758 | |
| 55 | Bellevue University | 25200 | 25700 | 0.0194 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 56 | Shorter University | 25400 | 36500 | 0.3041 | 1,322 | 1090 | 0.9693 | |
| 57 | Warren Wilson College | 25700 | 57000 | 0.5494 | 742 | 1289 | 0.7771 | |
| 58 | Geneva College | 25900 | 48900 | 0.4694 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 58 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 25900 | 36500 | 0.2906 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 60 | Bethel University | 26000 | 35300 | 0.2638 | 2,719 | 1171 | 0.9717 | |
| 60 | Doane University | 26000 | 62800 | 0.5861 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 62 | Fitchburg State University | 26300 | 31300 | 0.1598 | 3,027 | 1150 | 0.8693 | |
| 62 | North Central University | 26300 | 43800 | 0.3994 | 865 | 1075 | 0.9082 | |
| 62 | University of Arizona | 26300 | 37700 | 0.3028 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 65 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 26500 | 51100 | 0.4817 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 66 | Earlham College | 26600 | 75800 | 0.6491 | 696 | 1233 | 0.7311 | |
| 67 | Columbia College | 26700 | 41300 | 0.3538 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 68 | University of North Georgia | 26800 | 35500 | 0.245 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 69 | Central Washington University | 26900 | 27200 | 0.011 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 70 | Kennesaw State University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 71 | Wingate University | 27100 | 65000 | 0.583 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 72 | University of North Texas | 27200 | 37400 | 0.2729 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 73 | Troy University | 27400 | 32600 | 0.1594 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 74 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 27500 | 54800 | 0.498 | 936 | 980 | 0.8003 | |
| 75 | Southern Wesleyan University | 27600 | 43500 | 0.3656 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 76 | McPherson College | 27800 | 47600 | 0.4163 | 876 | 1065 | 0.7676 | |
| 76 | Touro University | 27800 | 60200 | 0.5381 | 5,098 | 1366 | 0.6196 | |
| 78 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28000 | 41800 | 0.3301 | 1,817 | 1080 | 0.8078 | |
| 78 | Murray State University | 28000 | 32400 | 0.1355 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 78 | York College of Pennsylvania | 28000 | 41400 | 0.3238 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 81 | Chestnut Hill College | 28100 | 74900 | 0.6249 | 972 | 995 | 0.7913 | |
| 82 | Mercy University | 28300 | 44500 | 0.3642 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 83 | University of Minnesota-Morris | 28800 | 33700 | 0.1452 | 981 | 1140 | 0.7493 | |
| 84 | Rivier University | 29000 | 57700 | 0.4973 | 1,335 | 1060 | 0.8176 | |
| 85 | Syracuse University | 29200 | 83100 | 0.6486 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 86 | New England College | 29500 | 64600 | 0.5437 | 1,032 | 930 | 0.9213 | |
| 87 | Hilbert College | 29800 | 54600 | 0.4546 | 939 | 1103 | 0.98 | |
| 87 | William Penn University | 29800 | 47200 | 0.3681 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 89 | Lander University | 29900 | 37000 | 0.192 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 90 | Fisher College | 30400 | 60900 | 0.5002 | 1,384 | 961 | 0.7075 | |
| 91 | Franklin Pierce University | 30500 | 68300 | 0.5534 | 1,058 | 1095 | 0.9083 | |
| 91 | Le Moyne College | 30500 | 53700 | 0.4321 | 2,563 | 1240 | 0.7529 | |
| 93 | East Tennessee State University | 30700 | 30700 | 0 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 94 | California Baptist University | 30900 | 64600 | 0.5216 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 95 | Columbia International University | 31900 | 44800 | 0.2877 | 721 | 1079 | 0.9461 | |
| 95 | Missouri Baptist University | 31900 | 53800 | 0.4067 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 97 | Southern New Hampshire University | 32000 | 47600 | 0.3276 | 159,653 | 965 | 0.9612 | |
| 98 | University of Bridgeport | 32100 | 60500 | 0.4696 | 1,479 | 1065 | 0.6431 | |
| 99 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 32200 | 50000 | 0.3573 | 898 | 1044 | 0.7614 | |
| 100 | Southeastern University | 32400 | 60500 | 0.4642 | 10,351 | 1130 | 0.6165 | |
| 100 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 76300 | 0.5751 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
| 102 | Emmanuel College | 32500 | 68300 | 0.5244 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 103 | Spring Arbor University | 32700 | 51100 | 0.3596 | 1,091 | 1120 | 0.3733 | |
| 104 | Liberty University | 32800 | 43900 | 0.2528 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 105 | Stephen F Austin State University | 33200 | 42800 | 0.2243 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 106 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 54600 | 0.3849 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 106 | Hardin-Simmons University | 33600 | 49700 | 0.324 | 1,283 | 1080 | 0.9653 | |
| 108 | Anderson University | 33700 | 52400 | 0.3568 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 109 | Beacon College | 33800 | 75800 | 0.5537 | 531 | 0 | 0.1677 | |
| 109 | George Washington University | 33800 | 81800 | 0.587 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 111 | Nova Southeastern University | 34100 | 56300 | 0.3941 | 7,307 | 1165 | 0.7324 | |
| 112 | LeTourneau University | 34200 | 54600 | 0.3736 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 113 | University of South Florida | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 114 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 35200 | 37600 | 0.0634 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 115 | University of Mount Olive | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 116 | Goldey-Beacom College | 35400 | 38100 | 0.0718 | 702 | 0 | 0.7653 | |
| 116 | Seton Hill University | 35400 | 63800 | 0.4449 | 1,597 | 1150 | 0.7579 | |
| 118 | Ottawa University-Surprise | 35800 | 56500 | 0.3665 | 768 | 980 | 0.3988 | |
| 119 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 36000 | 45500 | 0.2089 | 4,264 | 1130 | 0.7423 | |
| 119 | Towson University | 36000 | 45700 | 0.2122 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 121 | Mount Saint Mary College | 36100 | 68400 | 0.4723 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 122 | Mercer University | 36700 | 60500 | 0.3934 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 123 | Bluefield University | 37200 | 43200 | 0.1389 | 694 | 995 | 0.6272 | |
| 124 | Lesley University | 37500 | 54600 | 0.313 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 125 | Queens University of Charlotte | 37600 | 68200 | 0.4484 | 1,225 | 1235 | 0.5651 | |
| 126 | Montreat College | 39100 | 55000 | 0.2889 | 759 | 1055 | 0.6555 | |
| 127 | Loyola University Chicago | 39200 | 73500 | 0.4665 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 128 | Ohio Christian University | 40400 | 42300 | 0.0445 | 1,340 | 890 | 0.399 | |
| 129 | Central Christian College of Kansas | 43300 | 45200 | 0.0417 | 437 | 1020 | 0.957 | |
| 130 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 43700 | 43700 | 0 | 11,554 | 1100 | 0.5516 | |
| 131 | City University of Seattle | 44200 | 45400 | 0.0264 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
| 132 | Lees-McRae College | 44800 | 58700 | 0.2365 | 873 | 1140 | 0.7685 | |
| 133 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.114 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 134 | Spelman College | 47700 | 49600 | 0.038 | 2,712 | 1218 | 0.2487 | |
| 135 | University of Oregon | 59500 | 68900 | 0.1362 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 136 | Elon University | 66300 | 67300 | 0.0149 | 6,452 | 1244 | 0.6635 | 
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.