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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 | Northeastern University | 6400 | 89100 | 0.9286 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 3 | East Central University | 10500 | 43600 | 0.7592 | 2,976 | 1045 | 0.6181 | |
| 4 | Grace Christian University | 11100 | 42800 | 0.7415 | 928 | 1075 | 0.9916 | |
| 5 | Fitchburg State University | 11900 | 33800 | 0.6476 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 6 | Gordon State College | 12200 | 25100 | 0.5141 | 3,179 | 1015 | 0.859 | |
| 7 | University of South Florida | 12600 | 16300 | 0.2265 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 8 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 12700 | 34400 | 0.6301 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 9 | Arkansas Baptist College | 13400 | 24000 | 0.4412 | 356 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | Northeastern University Oakland | 13600 | 115300 | 0.8818 | 467 | 1469 | 0.1665 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 13800 | 19000 | 0.2739 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 11 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 13 | University of North Georgia | 14300 | 56800 | 0.7485 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 14 | Troy University | 14600 | 39100 | 0.6262 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 15 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 14900 | 31600 | 0.5291 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 15 | Urshan University | 14900 | 26200 | 0.432 | 474 | 990 | 0.8378 | |
| 17 | Lincoln University | 15000 | 33800 | 0.5556 | 1,424 | 890 | 0.6431 | |
| 18 | Valley City State University | 15700 | 23800 | 0.338 | 1,663 | 1045 | 0.9942 | |
| 19 | Northern Illinois University | 15800 | 30400 | 0.4823 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 20 | Lindsey Wilson University | 16000 | 47500 | 0.6635 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 21 | University of Northern Colorado | 16200 | 64400 | 0.7481 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 22 | Waynesburg University | 16400 | 45000 | 0.6366 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 23 | Bethel University | 16900 | 35300 | 0.5207 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 24 | East Tennessee State University | 17200 | 26100 | 0.3404 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 25 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 17300 | 89500 | 0.8064 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8379 | |
| 26 | Carson-Newman University | 17600 | 51900 | 0.6611 | 1,912 | 1075 | 0.6381 | |
| 27 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 17700 | 52100 | 0.6602 | 6,790 | 965 | 0.9447 | |
| 28 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 58900 | 0.6983 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 29 | Kennesaw State University | 17900 | 61500 | 0.7085 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 29 | Southwestern Christian University | 17900 | 26800 | 0.3326 | 380 | 930 | 1 | |
| 31 | Malone University | 18200 | 80800 | 0.7748 | 946 | 1080 | 0.7623 | |
| 32 | Bellevue University | 18300 | 37300 | 0.509 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 33 | Elmira College | 18500 | 60600 | 0.6947 | 783 | 1391 | 0.8054 | |
| 33 | University of Mary | 18500 | 32600 | 0.4329 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 35 | California State University-Fullerton | 18600 | 61400 | 0.6969 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 36 | Quincy University | 18900 | 57800 | 0.6728 | 1,096 | 1115 | 0.551 | |
| 37 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 19500 | 26900 | 0.2751 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 38 | Bethel University | 19700 | 53500 | 0.6316 | 1,065 | 1030 | 0.9766 | |
| 38 | Piedmont University | 19700 | 47400 | 0.5847 | 1,154 | 1080 | 0.9054 | |
| 40 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 41 | Southern Oregon University | 20100 | 73600 | 0.7271 | 4,235 | 1104 | 0.8862 | |
| 42 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 20500 | 36600 | 0.4396 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 43 | Anna Maria College | 21100 | 96900 | 0.782 | 916 | 885 | 0.5015 | |
| 44 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21300 | 54200 | 0.6069 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 45 | Grand Canyon University | 21700 | 48300 | 0.5507 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 45 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 21700 | 35500 | 0.3884 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 47 | Le Moyne College | 22000 | 58200 | 0.622 | 2,494 | 1250 | 0.6782 | |
| 47 | Upper Iowa University | 22000 | 41700 | 0.4708 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 49 | Nelson University | 22200 | 55500 | 0.6 | 1,526 | 990 | 0.8902 | |
| 50 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6212 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 51 | Indiana Institute of Technology | 22800 | 48800 | 0.5329 | 1,650 | 1055 | 0.7039 | |
| 51 | University of the Cumberlands | 22800 | 26400 | 0.1342 | 7,612 | 1025 | 0.9881 | |
| 53 | Columbia College | 23500 | 65100 | 0.6388 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 54 | Midland University | 23700 | 64300 | 0.6311 | 1,309 | 1045 | 0.6612 | |
| 55 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 56 | Judson University | 24100 | 49100 | 0.5087 | 697 | 1010 | 0.8905 | |
| 56 | North Central University | 24100 | 67400 | 0.6421 | 759 | 1075 | 0.9898 | |
| 58 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24200 | 55200 | 0.5627 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 59 | Simmons University | 24400 | 57800 | 0.5784 | 1,676 | 1317 | 0.7008 | |
| 60 | Doane University | 24800 | 71000 | 0.6511 | 1,758 | 1124 | 0.9633 | |
| 61 | Saint Leo University | 25200 | 50000 | 0.4958 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 62 | William Woods University | 25500 | 58400 | 0.563 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.7118 | |
| 63 | Shorter University | 25600 | 36500 | 0.2984 | 1,203 | 1110 | 0.9646 | |
| 63 | Simpson College | 25600 | 67100 | 0.6189 | 1,235 | 1430 | 0.8622 | |
| 65 | University of North Texas | 25700 | 36900 | 0.3037 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 66 | Saint Norbert College | 26200 | 63000 | 0.5837 | 1,970 | 1193 | 0.8574 | |
| 67 | Earlham College | 26300 | 75800 | 0.6528 | 670 | 1237 | 0.7904 | |
| 67 | Lancaster Bible College Capital Seminary & Graduate School | 26300 | 48800 | 0.4607 | 1,793 | 1174 | 0.5589 | |
| 69 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4755 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 70 | Wingate University | 26700 | 65000 | 0.5892 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 71 | Chestnut Hill College | 27400 | 60100 | 0.5439 | 868 | 995 | 0.7446 | |
| 72 | Murray State University | 27600 | 32400 | 0.148 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 72 | University of Bridgeport | 27600 | 60500 | 0.544 | 1,570 | 1000 | 0.8302 | |
| 74 | Central Washington University | 27700 | 27900 | 0.0072 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 75 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28200 | 41800 | 0.3249 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 75 | Lander University | 28200 | 37700 | 0.2523 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 77 | New England College | 28400 | 65800 | 0.5683 | 1,049 | 930 | 0.8584 | |
| 78 | Wayland Baptist University | 28800 | 37300 | 0.2281 | 1,894 | 1045 | 0.5477 | |
| 79 | William Penn University | 29400 | 48000 | 0.387 | 1,366 | 1035 | 0.7311 | |
| 80 | University of Minnesota-Morris | 30100 | 35400 | 0.1494 | 982 | 1168 | 0.741 | |
| 81 | Lesley University | 31400 | 69300 | 0.547 | 1,230 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 81 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3349 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 83 | Columbia International University | 31500 | 44800 | 0.2967 | 1,084 | 1079 | 0.9371 | |
| 83 | Missouri Baptist University | 31500 | 53800 | 0.4142 | 5,253 | 910 | 0.7062 | |
| 85 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31800 | 50000 | 0.3654 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 86 | Grand View University | 32300 | 58100 | 0.444 | 1,500 | 1020 | 0.9909 | |
| 87 | Anderson University | 32400 | 53600 | 0.3954 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 87 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5879 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 89 | Seton Hill University | 32900 | 89200 | 0.6311 | 1,502 | 1134 | 0.7953 | |
| 90 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44700 | 0.2573 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 91 | Southeastern University | 33400 | 56200 | 0.4054 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 92 | Queens University of Charlotte | 33500 | 71300 | 0.5301 | 1,210 | 1244 | 0.805 | |
| 93 | Belmont Abbey College | 33600 | 39000 | 0.1383 | 1,300 | 1094 | 0.7465 | |
| 93 | Franklin Pierce University | 33600 | 68300 | 0.5077 | 997 | 1174 | 0.9347 | |
| 95 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 69900 | 0.5181 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 96 | Fisher College | 33800 | 65300 | 0.4818 | 1,544 | 961 | 0.8263 | |
| 97 | Spring Arbor University | 33900 | 52700 | 0.3566 | 1,133 | 1124 | 0.6518 | |
| 98 | Nova Southeastern University | 34000 | 56100 | 0.3938 | 7,057 | 1187 | 0.7557 | |
| 99 | Lee University | 34200 | 37800 | 0.0952 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 100 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 101 | Texas Southern University | 34400 | 42500 | 0.1907 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 102 | California Baptist University | 34500 | 69100 | 0.5009 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 102 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 34500 | 62800 | 0.4506 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 102 | Southern New Hampshire University | 34500 | 43300 | 0.2031 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 105 | Hilbert College | 35000 | 52900 | 0.3382 | 931 | 1080 | 0.9724 | |
| 106 | Washburn University | 35200 | 38400 | 0.0833 | 5,427 | 1048 | 1 | |
| 107 | Georgia Gwinnett College | 36200 | 38300 | 0.0548 | 12,245 | 995 | 0.955 | |
| 108 | Goldey-Beacom College | 37100 | 40200 | 0.078 | 701 | 0 | 0.8451 | |
| 108 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 37100 | 37600 | 0.0133 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 110 | Bluefield University | 37200 | 43200 | 0.1389 | 627 | 995 | 0.5931 | |
| 111 | Touro University | 38400 | 41500 | 0.0748 | 4,872 | 1316 | 0.6083 | |
| 112 | Crown College | 38600 | 53200 | 0.2734 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 113 | Ohio Christian University | 40800 | 43100 | 0.0531 | 1,288 | 890 | 0.3797 | |
| 114 | Mercy University | 41200 | 46400 | 0.1121 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 115 | Montreat College | 41800 | 58100 | 0.2804 | 781 | 1164 | 0.692 | |
| 116 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1645 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 117 | Western Washington University | 42500 | 51300 | 0.1714 | 13,609 | 1199 | 0.9371 | |
| 118 | University of Arizona | 42800 | 43800 | 0.0228 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 119 | Central Christian College of Kansas | 42900 | 45200 | 0.0507 | 454 | 1020 | 0.528 | |
| 120 | Lees-McRae College | 44400 | 58700 | 0.2434 | 869 | 1140 | 0.8036 | |
| 121 | LeTourneau University | 44700 | 55000 | 0.1873 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 122 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3015 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 123 | University of Delaware | 47500 | 62000 | 0.2335 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 124 | Beacon College | 48600 | 83200 | 0.416 | 531 | 0 | 0.1677 | |
| 125 | Mount Saint Mary College | 48800 | 68800 | 0.2908 | 2,749 | 1153 | 0.892 | |
| 126 | Towson University | 49600 | 68400 | 0.275 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 127 | Loyola University Chicago | 52200 | 74800 | 0.3023 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 128 | Elon University | 54300 | 69600 | 0.2198 | 6,191 | 1283 | 0.6326 | |
| 129 | University of Oregon | 69000 | 71300 | 0.0321 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.