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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 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Northwest Indian College | 5200 | 16700 | 0.6899 | 636 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | East Central University | 10100 | 43600 | 0.7683 | 2,976 | 1045 | 0.6181 | |
| 4 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 10700 | 36600 | 0.7073 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 5 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 10900 | 20400 | 0.4683 | 13,532 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Grace Christian University | 11000 | 48400 | 0.7735 | 928 | 1075 | 0.9916 | |
| 7 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 11200 | 39000 | 0.7131 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 8 | Fitchburg State University | 11700 | 33800 | 0.6534 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 8 | Santa Monica College | 11700 | 33300 | 0.6478 | 23,453 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | Gordon State College | 11800 | 36000 | 0.6725 | 3,179 | 1015 | 0.859 | |
| 11 | Northeastern University Oakland | 12600 | 89900 | 0.8595 | 467 | 1469 | 0.1665 | |
| 12 | Arkansas Baptist College | 12900 | 26800 | 0.5178 | 356 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | University of Delaware | 13400 | 34500 | 0.6119 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 13400 | 22800 | 0.4128 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 15 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 16 | University of North Georgia | 14100 | 21400 | 0.3411 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 17 | Troy University | 14400 | 34700 | 0.585 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 18 | Mercy University | 14600 | 46400 | 0.6858 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 18 | Urshan University | 14600 | 26700 | 0.4536 | 474 | 990 | 0.8378 | |
| 20 | Lincoln University | 15300 | 34800 | 0.5597 | 1,424 | 890 | 0.6431 | |
| 21 | University of North Texas | 15400 | 26100 | 0.4097 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 22 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 15500 | 25000 | 0.3801 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 22 | Valley City State University | 15500 | 23800 | 0.3496 | 1,663 | 1045 | 0.9942 | |
| 24 | Waynesburg University | 15800 | 45000 | 0.6487 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 25 | Lindsey Wilson University | 15900 | 48700 | 0.6738 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 26 | University of Northern Colorado | 16100 | 30500 | 0.4721 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 27 | Bethel University | 16800 | 48700 | 0.6557 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 28 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17000 | 33900 | 0.4983 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 29 | East Tennessee State University | 17200 | 28300 | 0.3927 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 30 | Bethel University | 17400 | 74100 | 0.765 | 1,065 | 1030 | 0.9766 | |
| 30 | Carson-Newman University | 17400 | 51900 | 0.665 | 1,912 | 1075 | 0.6381 | |
| 30 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 17400 | 52300 | 0.6671 | 6,790 | 965 | 0.9447 | |
| 33 | Northeastern University | 17600 | 90000 | 0.8043 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 33 | Southwestern Christian University | 17600 | 26800 | 0.3438 | 380 | 930 | 1 | |
| 35 | Elmira College | 17800 | 84200 | 0.7887 | 783 | 1391 | 0.8054 | |
| 35 | Kennesaw State University | 17800 | 27400 | 0.3501 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 35 | Malone University | 17800 | 80800 | 0.7797 | 946 | 1080 | 0.7623 | |
| 35 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 45800 | 0.6119 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 39 | California State University-Fullerton | 18000 | 20600 | 0.1246 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 40 | Quincy University | 18100 | 80500 | 0.7747 | 1,096 | 1115 | 0.551 | |
| 41 | University of Mary | 18200 | 32600 | 0.4424 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 42 | Bellevue University | 18300 | 41000 | 0.5532 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 43 | Piedmont University | 19400 | 47400 | 0.5911 | 1,154 | 1080 | 0.9054 | |
| 44 | Southern Oregon University | 19800 | 73600 | 0.7312 | 4,235 | 1104 | 0.8862 | |
| 45 | Saint Leo University | 20300 | 50000 | 0.5938 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 45 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 47 | Anna Maria College | 20900 | 54400 | 0.616 | 916 | 885 | 0.5015 | |
| 48 | Indiana Institute of Technology | 21100 | 48800 | 0.5678 | 1,650 | 1055 | 0.7039 | |
| 48 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21100 | 36700 | 0.4255 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 50 | Nelson University | 21200 | 64000 | 0.6687 | 1,526 | 990 | 0.8902 | |
| 51 | Grand Canyon University | 21400 | 34000 | 0.3701 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 52 | Upper Iowa University | 21700 | 41700 | 0.4784 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 53 | Texas Southern University | 22100 | 25500 | 0.1335 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 54 | Buena Vista University | 22200 | 59100 | 0.6244 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 55 | California Baptist University | 22500 | 65400 | 0.6564 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 55 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 57 | University of the Cumberlands | 22600 | 26400 | 0.1447 | 7,612 | 1025 | 0.9881 | |
| 58 | Central Washington University | 22900 | 27200 | 0.1579 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 59 | Midland University | 23000 | 64300 | 0.6432 | 1,309 | 1045 | 0.6612 | |
| 60 | Columbia College | 23500 | 40200 | 0.4155 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 61 | Dominican University | 23700 | 56000 | 0.5761 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 62 | Georgia Gwinnett College | 23800 | 25300 | 0.0593 | 12,245 | 995 | 0.955 | |
| 63 | Judson University | 24000 | 49100 | 0.5122 | 697 | 1010 | 0.8905 | |
| 64 | University of South Florida | 24200 | 36500 | 0.3366 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 65 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24600 | 56700 | 0.5672 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 66 | Doane University | 24700 | 92100 | 0.732 | 1,758 | 1124 | 0.9633 | |
| 67 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 24800 | 62800 | 0.6055 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 68 | Le Moyne College | 25200 | 58200 | 0.5673 | 2,494 | 1250 | 0.6782 | |
| 69 | Saint Norbert College | 25300 | 63000 | 0.598 | 1,970 | 1193 | 0.8574 | |
| 69 | William Woods University | 25300 | 59900 | 0.5778 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.7118 | |
| 71 | Shorter University | 25400 | 36500 | 0.304 | 1,203 | 1110 | 0.9646 | |
| 72 | Earlham College | 26100 | 75800 | 0.6554 | 670 | 1237 | 0.7904 | |
| 73 | Franklin Pierce University | 26200 | 68300 | 0.616 | 997 | 1174 | 0.9347 | |
| 73 | Simpson College | 26200 | 67100 | 0.6099 | 1,235 | 1430 | 0.8622 | |
| 75 | Geneva College | 26300 | 50300 | 0.478 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 75 | Lancaster Bible College Capital Seminary & Graduate School | 26300 | 70000 | 0.6242 | 1,793 | 1174 | 0.5589 | |
| 75 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1824 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 78 | Wayland Baptist University | 26600 | 36500 | 0.271 | 1,894 | 1045 | 0.5477 | |
| 78 | Wingate University | 26600 | 67100 | 0.6041 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 80 | New England College | 27000 | 65900 | 0.5905 | 1,049 | 930 | 0.8584 | |
| 81 | Chestnut Hill College | 27200 | 87000 | 0.6876 | 868 | 995 | 0.7446 | |
| 82 | Murray State University | 27300 | 32400 | 0.1565 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 83 | University of Bridgeport | 27500 | 65800 | 0.5822 | 1,570 | 1000 | 0.8302 | |
| 84 | North Central University | 27600 | 48400 | 0.4294 | 759 | 1075 | 0.9898 | |
| 85 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28000 | 41800 | 0.3301 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 86 | William Penn University | 29200 | 48000 | 0.3928 | 1,366 | 1035 | 0.7311 | |
| 87 | University of Minnesota-Morris | 29900 | 35400 | 0.1571 | 982 | 1168 | 0.741 | |
| 88 | Southeastern University | 30800 | 79400 | 0.6123 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 89 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31100 | 47100 | 0.3408 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 90 | Columbia International University | 31200 | 44800 | 0.3029 | 1,084 | 1079 | 0.9371 | |
| 91 | Missouri Baptist University | 31300 | 53800 | 0.4193 | 5,253 | 910 | 0.7062 | |
| 92 | Elon University | 31400 | 69900 | 0.5512 | 6,191 | 1283 | 0.6326 | |
| 93 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31500 | 50000 | 0.3709 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 94 | Nova Southeastern University | 31900 | 56100 | 0.4313 | 7,057 | 1187 | 0.7557 | |
| 95 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 32100 | 41600 | 0.2283 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 96 | Anderson University | 32300 | 54700 | 0.4098 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 96 | Belmont Abbey College | 32300 | 39000 | 0.1716 | 1,300 | 1094 | 0.7465 | |
| 96 | University of Scranton | 32300 | 78700 | 0.5902 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 99 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 100 | Grand View University | 32700 | 60300 | 0.4575 | 1,500 | 1020 | 0.9909 | |
| 100 | Seton Hill University | 32700 | 63700 | 0.4868 | 1,502 | 1134 | 0.7953 | |
| 102 | University of Oregon | 32900 | 40200 | 0.1826 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 103 | Elizabethtown College | 33500 | 57500 | 0.4172 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 104 | Spring Arbor University | 33600 | 52700 | 0.3618 | 1,133 | 1124 | 0.6518 | |
| 105 | Fisher College | 33700 | 65300 | 0.4842 | 1,544 | 961 | 0.8263 | |
| 106 | Lee University | 34200 | 39100 | 0.1253 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 107 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 108 | Washburn University | 34400 | 38400 | 0.1041 | 5,427 | 1048 | 1 | |
| 109 | Hilbert College | 34900 | 52900 | 0.3401 | 931 | 1080 | 0.9724 | |
| 109 | Southern New Hampshire University | 34900 | 64600 | 0.4598 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 111 | Western Washington University | 36400 | 36400 | 0 | 13,609 | 1199 | 0.9371 | |
| 112 | Goldey-Beacom College | 36800 | 40200 | 0.0849 | 701 | 0 | 0.8451 | |
| 113 | Bluefield University | 37200 | 43200 | 0.1389 | 627 | 995 | 0.5931 | |
| 114 | Lander University | 37300 | 37700 | 0.0106 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 115 | University of Arizona | 37800 | 39900 | 0.0526 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 116 | Crown College | 38400 | 53200 | 0.2786 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 116 | Touro University | 38400 | 41500 | 0.0748 | 4,872 | 1316 | 0.6083 | |
| 118 | Loyola University Chicago | 38600 | 74800 | 0.4842 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 119 | Simmons University | 39100 | 57800 | 0.3238 | 1,676 | 1317 | 0.7008 | |
| 120 | Ohio Christian University | 40600 | 43100 | 0.0595 | 1,288 | 890 | 0.3797 | |
| 121 | Montreat College | 41500 | 58100 | 0.2852 | 781 | 1164 | 0.692 | |
| 122 | University of Mount Olive | 41800 | 50400 | 0.1699 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 123 | Lesley University | 42500 | 57500 | 0.2609 | 1,230 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 124 | Central Christian College of Kansas | 42600 | 45200 | 0.0568 | 454 | 1020 | 0.528 | |
| 125 | Lees-McRae College | 44100 | 58700 | 0.2481 | 869 | 1140 | 0.8036 | |
| 126 | LeTourneau University | 44700 | 57300 | 0.2197 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 127 | Mercer University | 45400 | 65400 | 0.3058 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 128 | Towson University | 46200 | 46400 | 0.0043 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 129 | Beacon College | 48300 | 113000 | 0.5725 | 531 | 0 | 0.1677 | |
| 130 | Mount Saint Mary College | 48500 | 68800 | 0.2951 | 2,749 | 1153 | 0.892 | |
| 131 | Queens University of Charlotte | 58600 | 72400 | 0.1907 | 1,210 | 1244 | 0.805 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.