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Considering a degree in Human Services?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Human Services majors who live in Iowa.
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 Iowa.
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 | 5800 | 53000 | 0.8903 | 2,525 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 8300 | 36700 | 0.7746 | 11,554 | 1100 | 0.5516 | |
| 3 | Northwest Indian College | 10600 | 15500 | 0.3167 | 696 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Grace Christian University | 12800 | 30700 | 0.5833 | 891 | 995 | 0.9931 | |
| 5 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 13000 | 24000 | 0.4583 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 6 | University of Delaware | 13700 | 32500 | 0.578 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 7 | East Central University | 14200 | 18500 | 0.2327 | 2,644 | 1055 | 0.5815 | |
| 8 | Northern Illinois University | 14400 | 29300 | 0.5084 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 9 | Urshan College | 14700 | 20700 | 0.2897 | 514 | 1040 | 0.8387 | |
| 10 | Northeastern University | 15300 | 89900 | 0.8302 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 10 | University of North Georgia | 15300 | 21400 | 0.285 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 10 | Valley City State University | 15300 | 23000 | 0.3322 | 1,651 | 1055 | 0.9907 | |
| 13 | Lander University | 15400 | 24600 | 0.3733 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 13 | Lindsey Wilson College | 15400 | 47600 | 0.6758 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 15 | Buena Vista University | 16100 | 59100 | 0.7282 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 16 | Waynesburg University | 16900 | 45000 | 0.6246 | 1,088 | 1099 | 0.9169 | |
| 17 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17400 | 27400 | 0.3648 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 18 | University of Mary | 17800 | 32600 | 0.4531 | 2,650 | 1189 | 0.7825 | |
| 19 | Quincy University | 18600 | 62900 | 0.7047 | 1,072 | 1115 | 0.5093 | |
| 20 | Gallaudet University | 18700 | 44200 | 0.5763 | 919 | 875 | 0.6094 | |
| 21 | Texas Southern University | 19000 | 42400 | 0.5514 | 6,619 | 920 | 0.9335 | |
| 21 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 19000 | 27600 | 0.3115 | 9,302 | 1125 | 0.9735 | |
| 23 | Arkansas Baptist College | 19200 | 24400 | 0.2131 | 373 | 0 | 0.5774 | |
| 24 | Lincoln University | 19300 | 36300 | 0.4689 | 1,545 | 890 | 0.6572 | |
| 25 | University of Northern Colorado | 19400 | 30500 | 0.3639 | 6,480 | 1085 | 0.9363 | |
| 26 | Simpson College | 19500 | 59400 | 0.6719 | 1,140 | 1430 | 0.8888 | |
| 27 | McPherson College | 19800 | 47600 | 0.5845 | 876 | 1065 | 0.7676 | |
| 28 | Gordon State College | 19900 | 24900 | 0.2007 | 3,129 | 950 | 0.8678 | |
| 29 | Towson University | 20000 | 30000 | 0.3329 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 30 | Carson-Newman University | 20200 | 51700 | 0.6092 | 1,606 | 1110 | 0.9045 | |
| 31 | Iowa State University | 20300 | 24200 | 0.1626 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 32 | Southwestern Christian University | 20700 | 26600 | 0.2216 | 351 | 930 | 0.8034 | |
| 33 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 21000 | 57800 | 0.6362 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
| 34 | William Penn University | 21300 | 47200 | 0.548 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 35 | Wayland Baptist University | 21700 | 37300 | 0.4186 | 2,087 | 925 | 0.5596 | |
| 36 | Anna Maria College | 21900 | 54200 | 0.5964 | 995 | 985 | 0.896 | |
| 37 | Canisius University | 22100 | 53200 | 0.5842 | 1,724 | 1129 | 0.7224 | |
| 37 | Grand View University | 22100 | 49900 | 0.5574 | 1,483 | 1035 | 0.9843 | |
| 39 | University of the Cumberlands | 22200 | 26400 | 0.1568 | 6,091 | 1110 | 0.7139 | |
| 39 | Upper Iowa University | 22200 | 41700 | 0.4681 | 2,504 | 1045 | 0.9338 | |
| 41 | Lancaster Bible College Capital Seminary & Graduate School | 22400 | 54400 | 0.5883 | 1,778 | 1115 | 0.9519 | |
| 42 | Saint Norbert College | 22700 | 62300 | 0.6357 | 1,970 | 1193 | 0.8574 | |
| 43 | Bethel University | 23400 | 49200 | 0.524 | 1,107 | 1029 | 0.9868 | |
| 44 | Saint Leo University | 23500 | 50000 | 0.5298 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 45 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23800 | 24500 | 0.0285 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 46 | Malone University | 23900 | 55800 | 0.5717 | 992 | 1075 | 0.7586 | |
| 46 | William Woods University | 23900 | 60700 | 0.6064 | 1,097 | 1140 | 0.7449 | |
| 48 | Fontbonne University | 24100 | 50200 | 0.5201 | 650 | 1090 | 0.9503 | |
| 49 | Calumet College of Saint Joseph | 24200 | 42000 | 0.4236 | 560 | 915 | 0.5728 | |
| 50 | Judson University | 24400 | 49100 | 0.5035 | 793 | 1049 | 0.624 | |
| 50 | Meredith College | 24400 | 66500 | 0.6332 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 50 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24400 | 55200 | 0.5581 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 53 | Midland University | 24700 | 63000 | 0.6075 | 1,333 | 1079 | 0.6692 | |
| 54 | Elmira College | 24800 | 50000 | 0.5043 | 745 | 1250 | 0.7696 | |
| 55 | Dominican University | 25000 | 55500 | 0.5494 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 56 | Bellevue University | 25200 | 25700 | 0.0194 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 56 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 25200 | 25600 | 0.0157 | 11,874 | 1082 | 0.8377 | |
| 58 | Westminster College | 25300 | 53800 | 0.5302 | 593 | 1160 | 0.7758 | |
| 59 | California State University-Fullerton | 25500 | 41400 | 0.3837 | 38,597 | 0 | 0.9052 | |
| 60 | Shorter University | 25800 | 36500 | 0.2927 | 1,322 | 1090 | 0.9693 | |
| 61 | Bethel University | 25900 | 35300 | 0.2667 | 2,719 | 1171 | 0.9717 | |
| 61 | Doane University | 25900 | 62800 | 0.5877 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 61 | Geneva College | 25900 | 48900 | 0.4694 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 64 | Fitchburg State University | 26300 | 31300 | 0.1598 | 3,027 | 1150 | 0.8693 | |
| 64 | North Central University | 26300 | 43800 | 0.3994 | 865 | 1075 | 0.9082 | |
| 66 | Warren Wilson College | 26400 | 57000 | 0.5373 | 742 | 1289 | 0.7771 | |
| 67 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 26500 | 51100 | 0.4817 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 68 | Earlham College | 26600 | 75800 | 0.6491 | 696 | 1233 | 0.7311 | |
| 68 | University of Arizona | 26600 | 35200 | 0.2441 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 70 | Columbia College | 26900 | 41300 | 0.349 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 71 | Kennesaw State University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 72 | Wingate University | 27100 | 65000 | 0.583 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 73 | Troy University | 27400 | 32600 | 0.1594 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 74 | Central Washington University | 27600 | 27800 | 0.0072 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 74 | Southern Wesleyan University | 27600 | 43500 | 0.3656 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 76 | University of North Texas | 27700 | 37400 | 0.2595 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 77 | Touro University | 27800 | 60200 | 0.5381 | 5,098 | 1366 | 0.6196 | |
| 78 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 27900 | 54800 | 0.4907 | 936 | 980 | 0.8003 | |
| 78 | York College of Pennsylvania | 27900 | 41400 | 0.3262 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 80 | Murray State University | 28000 | 32400 | 0.1355 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 81 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28400 | 41800 | 0.3197 | 1,817 | 1080 | 0.8078 | |
| 82 | Chestnut Hill College | 28700 | 60800 | 0.5276 | 972 | 995 | 0.7913 | |
| 83 | University of Minnesota-Morris | 28800 | 33700 | 0.1452 | 981 | 1140 | 0.7493 | |
| 84 | University of Iowa | 29200 | 31100 | 0.0606 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 85 | Rivier University | 29300 | 57700 | 0.4921 | 1,335 | 1060 | 0.8176 | |
| 86 | New England College | 29700 | 64600 | 0.5406 | 1,032 | 930 | 0.9213 | |
| 87 | Hilbert College | 29800 | 54600 | 0.4546 | 939 | 1103 | 0.98 | |
| 88 | Mercy University | 29900 | 44500 | 0.3282 | 6,775 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 89 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 30000 | 34000 | 0.1176 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 90 | Fisher College | 30400 | 60900 | 0.5002 | 1,384 | 961 | 0.7075 | |
| 90 | Le Moyne College | 30400 | 53700 | 0.434 | 2,563 | 1240 | 0.7529 | |
| 90 | Syracuse University | 30400 | 83100 | 0.6342 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 93 | Franklin Pierce University | 30500 | 68300 | 0.5534 | 1,058 | 1095 | 0.9083 | |
| 94 | East Tennessee State University | 30600 | 30700 | 0.0033 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 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 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 32200 | 50000 | 0.3573 | 898 | 1044 | 0.7614 | |
| 98 | University of Bridgeport | 32300 | 60500 | 0.4663 | 1,479 | 1065 | 0.6431 | |
| 99 | Emmanuel College | 32400 | 68300 | 0.5259 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 99 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 76300 | 0.5751 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
| 101 | Southern New Hampshire University | 32500 | 47600 | 0.3171 | 159,653 | 965 | 0.9612 | |
| 102 | Liberty University | 32700 | 43900 | 0.2551 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 102 | Southeastern University | 32700 | 60500 | 0.4592 | 10,351 | 1130 | 0.6165 | |
| 102 | Spring Arbor University | 32700 | 51100 | 0.3596 | 1,091 | 1120 | 0.3733 | |
| 105 | University of Oregon | 33400 | 38600 | 0.1341 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 106 | Anderson University | 33600 | 52400 | 0.3588 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 107 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 54600 | 0.383 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 107 | Hardin-Simmons University | 33700 | 49700 | 0.322 | 1,283 | 1080 | 0.9653 | |
| 109 | Beacon College | 33800 | 75800 | 0.5537 | 531 | 0 | 0.1677 | |
| 109 | George Washington University | 33800 | 81800 | 0.587 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 109 | Stephen F Austin State University | 33800 | 42800 | 0.2103 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 112 | LeTourneau University | 34200 | 54600 | 0.3736 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 113 | Nova Southeastern University | 34400 | 56300 | 0.3887 | 7,307 | 1165 | 0.7324 | |
| 114 | University of South Florida | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 115 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 35200 | 37600 | 0.0634 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 116 | University of Mount Olive | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 117 | California Baptist University | 35400 | 65200 | 0.457 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 117 | Goldey-Beacom College | 35400 | 38100 | 0.0718 | 702 | 0 | 0.7653 | |
| 119 | Seton Hill University | 35900 | 63800 | 0.437 | 1,597 | 1150 | 0.7579 | |
| 120 | Mount Saint Mary College | 36100 | 68400 | 0.4723 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 121 | Ottawa University-Surprise | 36300 | 56500 | 0.3577 | 768 | 980 | 0.3988 | |
| 122 | Mercer University | 36500 | 60500 | 0.3967 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 122 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 36500 | 45500 | 0.1979 | 4,264 | 1130 | 0.7423 | |
| 124 | Bluefield University | 37200 | 43200 | 0.1389 | 694 | 995 | 0.6272 | |
| 125 | Lesley University | 37800 | 54600 | 0.3075 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 126 | Queens University of Charlotte | 37900 | 68200 | 0.444 | 1,225 | 1235 | 0.5651 | |
| 127 | Loyola University Chicago | 39100 | 73500 | 0.4679 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 127 | Montreat College | 39100 | 55000 | 0.2889 | 759 | 1055 | 0.6555 | |
| 129 | Ohio Christian University | 40400 | 42300 | 0.0445 | 1,340 | 890 | 0.399 | |
| 130 | Central Christian College of Kansas | 43300 | 45200 | 0.0417 | 437 | 1020 | 0.957 | |
| 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 | Western Washington University | 44900 | 50900 | 0.1178 | 13,752 | 1218 | 0.9325 | |
| 134 | Spelman College | 47700 | 49600 | 0.038 | 2,712 | 1218 | 0.2487 | |
| 135 | Elon University | 66000 | 67300 | 0.0193 | 6,452 | 1244 | 0.6635 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.