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Considering a degree in Human Services?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Human Services majors who live in Massachusetts.
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 Massachusetts.
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 | Northwest Indian College | 5100 | 16400 | 0.6888 | 636 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10100 | 27800 | 0.6356 | 9,129 | 1075 | 0.9399 | |
| 3 | Grace Christian University | 11100 | 42100 | 0.737 | 928 | 1075 | 0.9916 | |
| 4 | University of South Florida | 12800 | 17100 | 0.2513 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 5 | Arkansas Baptist College | 13300 | 24000 | 0.4453 | 342 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 13800 | 25000 | 0.4461 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 6 | Western Washington University | 13800 | 31400 | 0.5605 | 13,752 | 1272 | 0.9325 | |
| 8 | Northern Illinois University | 14100 | 30400 | 0.5355 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 9 | Lincoln University | 14200 | 32600 | 0.5638 | 1,545 | 890 | 0.6572 | |
| 10 | Urshan University | 14900 | 19600 | 0.2403 | 474 | 990 | 0.8378 | |
| 11 | Lander University | 15100 | 24600 | 0.3854 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 12 | Northeastern University | 15400 | 89100 | 0.8275 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 13 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 16000 | 25400 | 0.3706 | 9,302 | 1125 | 0.9735 | |
| 14 | Dakota Wesleyan University | 16100 | 46400 | 0.6536 | 771 | 1085 | 0.7338 | |
| 15 | Fitchburg State University | 16400 | 33700 | 0.5137 | 3,027 | 1145 | 0.8693 | |
| 15 | Waynesburg University | 16400 | 45000 | 0.6366 | 1,030 | 1093 | 0.8982 | |
| 17 | Lindsey Wilson College | 17300 | 47100 | 0.633 | 1,722 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17500 | 27400 | 0.3611 | 27,132 | 1099 | 0.9617 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 17600 | 22800 | 0.2284 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.865 | |
| 20 | Bethel University | 17900 | 35300 | 0.4924 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 20 | Northeastern University Oakland | 17900 | 90000 | 0.8013 | 464 | 1469 | 0.1665 | |
| 22 | Central Washington University | 18200 | 22700 | 0.198 | 10,317 | 1045 | 0.9062 | |
| 23 | Southwestern Christian University | 18300 | 26800 | 0.3177 | 380 | 975 | 0.6206 | |
| 24 | East Tennessee State University | 18400 | 26100 | 0.2945 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 25 | Simpson College | 18500 | 60500 | 0.6939 | 1,235 | 1430 | 0.8622 | |
| 25 | University of Mary | 18500 | 32600 | 0.4328 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 27 | Quincy University | 18900 | 57800 | 0.6728 | 1,072 | 1115 | 0.5093 | |
| 28 | University of Northern Colorado | 19000 | 30500 | 0.377 | 6,480 | 1085 | 0.8585 | |
| 29 | Carson-Newman University | 19400 | 51900 | 0.6264 | 1,596 | 1110 | 0.9045 | |
| 30 | Lee University | 19500 | 37400 | 0.4789 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 30 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19500 | 62200 | 0.6869 | 2,711 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 30 | University of Arizona | 19500 | 30900 | 0.3695 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 33 | Bethel University | 19800 | 54500 | 0.6376 | 1,065 | 1030 | 0.9766 | |
| 34 | Bellevue University | 20300 | 36400 | 0.4434 | 11,037 | 0 | 0 | |
| 35 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20600 | 23200 | 0.1121 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 36 | Anna Maria College | 21200 | 53000 | 0.5999 | 916 | 885 | 0.503 | |
| 37 | East Central University | 21600 | 36200 | 0.4031 | 2,644 | 1055 | 0.5815 | |
| 38 | Upper Iowa University | 22000 | 41700 | 0.4708 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 39 | Gordon State College | 22100 | 35300 | 0.3742 | 3,179 | 1015 | 0.859 | |
| 40 | Nelson University | 22200 | 55500 | 0.6 | 1,479 | 990 | 0.8902 | |
| 41 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22300 | 53000 | 0.5787 | 1,472 | 1075 | 0.8459 | |
| 42 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6197 | 1,436 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 43 | University of the Cumberlands | 23000 | 26400 | 0.1289 | 7,612 | 1025 | 0.9881 | |
| 44 | North Central University | 23400 | 43900 | 0.4671 | 759 | 1075 | 0.9898 | |
| 45 | University of Minnesota-Morris | 23500 | 30300 | 0.226 | 981 | 1140 | 0.7493 | |
| 45 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23500 | 45800 | 0.4873 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 47 | Midland University | 23700 | 65300 | 0.6377 | 1,309 | 1045 | 0.6612 | |
| 48 | Saint Norbert College | 23800 | 63800 | 0.6267 | 1,970 | 1193 | 0.8574 | |
| 49 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5069 | 718 | 1015 | 0.4759 | |
| 49 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24200 | 55200 | 0.5611 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 51 | Calumet College of Saint Joseph | 24500 | 41500 | 0.41 | 530 | 895 | 0.4 | |
| 52 | Elmira College | 24700 | 60600 | 0.5924 | 745 | 1250 | 0.7696 | |
| 53 | Doane University | 25200 | 71000 | 0.6454 | 1,315 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 53 | Saint Leo University | 25200 | 50000 | 0.4958 | 7,516 | 1110 | 0.784 | |
| 55 | Shorter University | 25600 | 36500 | 0.2983 | 1,203 | 1110 | 0.9646 | |
| 56 | Columbia College | 26400 | 46900 | 0.4372 | 5,207 | 1145 | 0.4714 | |
| 57 | Geneva College | 26500 | 50300 | 0.4737 | 1,260 | 1143 | 0.7905 | |
| 58 | William Woods University | 26700 | 58400 | 0.5425 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 59 | Wingate University | 26800 | 65000 | 0.5871 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 60 | Troy University | 26900 | 34700 | 0.2248 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 61 | Valley City State University | 27200 | 29300 | 0.0733 | 1,651 | 1055 | 0.9907 | |
| 62 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 62 | University of North Georgia | 27400 | 38600 | 0.2905 | 18,322 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 64 | Murray State University | 27700 | 32400 | 0.1437 | 7,851 | 1115 | 0.8568 | |
| 65 | Chestnut Hill College | 28000 | 60100 | 0.534 | 868 | 995 | 0.7446 | |
| 66 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28200 | 41800 | 0.3248 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 67 | Lancaster Bible College Capital Seminary & Graduate School | 28300 | 48800 | 0.4197 | 1,793 | 1174 | 0.5589 | |
| 68 | New England College | 28600 | 65800 | 0.5654 | 1,032 | 930 | 0.9213 | |
| 68 | Wayland Baptist University | 28600 | 37300 | 0.2335 | 2,087 | 1010 | 0.5596 | |
| 70 | University of North Texas | 28700 | 37400 | 0.2325 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 71 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 29300 | 34000 | 0.1381 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 72 | East Texas A&M University | 29400 | 36500 | 0.1945 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 73 | William Penn University | 29600 | 48000 | 0.3841 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 74 | Hilbert College | 29800 | 57100 | 0.4782 | 931 | 1080 | 0.972 | |
| 75 | Mercy University | 30100 | 44500 | 0.3237 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 76 | Emmanuel College | 30200 | 67600 | 0.5535 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 77 | Mount Saint Mary College | 31200 | 68600 | 0.5452 | 2,141 | 1153 | 0.8888 | |
| 78 | Lesley University | 31500 | 53600 | 0.4124 | 1,229 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 78 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31500 | 47100 | 0.332 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 80 | Columbia International University | 31600 | 44800 | 0.2936 | 965 | 1079 | 0.9447 | |
| 81 | Missouri Baptist University | 31700 | 53800 | 0.4116 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 82 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 31800 | 45700 | 0.3044 | 7,062 | 965 | 0.928 | |
| 83 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31900 | 50000 | 0.3626 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 84 | Grand View University | 32400 | 58100 | 0.4416 | 1,500 | 1020 | 0.9909 | |
| 85 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5874 | 3,613 | 1250 | 0.8123 | |
| 86 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 32900 | 45300 | 0.274 | 4,526 | 0 | 0 | |
| 87 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 33100 | 37200 | 0.1102 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 88 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 89 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4893 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 90 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55300 | 0.3925 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 90 | Nova Southeastern University | 33600 | 56100 | 0.401 | 7,311 | 1165 | 0.7321 | |
| 90 | University of Bridgeport | 33600 | 60500 | 0.4448 | 1,570 | 1000 | 0.8302 | |
| 93 | Franklin Pierce University | 33700 | 68300 | 0.5063 | 997 | 1174 | 0.9347 | |
| 93 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,677 | 1430 | 0.4709 | |
| 95 | Fisher College | 33900 | 65300 | 0.4807 | 1,536 | 961 | 0.7068 | |
| 95 | Ottawa University-Surprise | 33900 | 67500 | 0.4981 | 837 | 995 | 0.7815 | |
| 97 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 98 | Southeastern University | 34300 | 60500 | 0.4328 | 10,172 | 1110 | 0.5298 | |
| 99 | Texas Southern University | 34400 | 42500 | 0.1907 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 100 | Southern New Hampshire University | 34500 | 44300 | 0.2211 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 101 | Washburn University | 34600 | 38400 | 0.0989 | 5,331 | 1095 | 0.9551 | |
| 102 | Meredith College | 34700 | 64200 | 0.4596 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 103 | Hardin-Simmons University | 36000 | 49700 | 0.2756 | 1,291 | 1110 | 0.9 | |
| 104 | Bluefield University | 37200 | 43200 | 0.1389 | 627 | 995 | 0.5931 | |
| 104 | Goldey-Beacom College | 37200 | 40200 | 0.0746 | 697 | 0 | 0.8451 | |
| 106 | Queens University of Charlotte | 38000 | 68200 | 0.4426 | 1,225 | 1208 | 0.6208 | |
| 107 | Touro University | 38900 | 42000 | 0.0737 | 4,872 | 1322 | 0.6083 | |
| 108 | Loyola University Chicago | 39100 | 74100 | 0.4722 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 109 | California State University-Fullerton | 39300 | 41500 | 0.0518 | 38,760 | 1090 | 0.9052 | |
| 110 | Ohio Christian University | 41000 | 43100 | 0.0499 | 1,288 | 890 | 0.3797 | |
| 111 | Montreat College | 41900 | 58100 | 0.278 | 781 | 1164 | 0.692 | |
| 112 | Anderson University | 42300 | 53600 | 0.2108 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 112 | University of Mount Olive | 42300 | 50400 | 0.1617 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 114 | Central Christian College of Kansas | 43000 | 45200 | 0.0476 | 454 | 1020 | 0.5271 | |
| 115 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 43300 | 57500 | 0.2469 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8378 | |
| 116 | Spelman College | 44200 | 49200 | 0.1026 | 3,417 | 1218 | 0.2487 | |
| 117 | Lees-McRae College | 44600 | 58700 | 0.241 | 873 | 1140 | 0.7678 | |
| 118 | Towson University | 45300 | 46400 | 0.0237 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 119 | University of Delaware | 48300 | 61300 | 0.213 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 120 | Beacon College | 48600 | 81800 | 0.4058 | 531 | 0 | 0.4347 | |
| 121 | Mercer University | 49000 | 63700 | 0.2309 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 122 | Elon University | 56600 | 68900 | 0.1786 | 6,452 | 1215 | 0.6635 | |
| 123 | University of Oregon | 64100 | 71300 | 0.1003 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.