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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 | Northeastern University Professional Programs | 5500 | 52300 | 0.8945 | 2,525 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Northwest Indian College | 10600 | 15500 | 0.3167 | 696 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Grace Christian University | 12400 | 30700 | 0.5963 | 891 | 995 | 0.9931 | |
| 4 | Gordon State College | 13300 | 16700 | 0.2037 | 3,129 | 950 | 0.8678 | |
| 5 | Lincoln University | 13400 | 30900 | 0.5655 | 1,545 | 890 | 0.6572 | |
| 5 | Northeastern University | 13400 | 88700 | 0.8494 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 7 | University of South Florida | 13800 | 17100 | 0.1928 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 8 | Western Washington University | 13900 | 31600 | 0.5606 | 13,752 | 1218 | 0.9325 | |
| 9 | Northern Illinois University | 14200 | 29300 | 0.5166 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 10 | Urshan College | 14700 | 20700 | 0.2897 | 514 | 1040 | 0.8387 | |
| 11 | Lindsey Wilson College | 15200 | 47600 | 0.68 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 12 | Waynesburg University | 16400 | 45000 | 0.6362 | 1,088 | 1099 | 0.9169 | |
| 13 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16500 | 30700 | 0.4629 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 14 | Central Washington University | 17000 | 22700 | 0.2508 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 15 | California State University-Fullerton | 17300 | 20600 | 0.1591 | 38,597 | 0 | 0.9052 | |
| 16 | University of Mary | 17500 | 32600 | 0.4629 | 2,650 | 1189 | 0.7825 | |
| 17 | Quincy University | 18400 | 62900 | 0.7079 | 1,072 | 1115 | 0.5093 | |
| 18 | Arkansas Baptist College | 19000 | 24400 | 0.2213 | 373 | 0 | 0.5774 | |
| 18 | Texas Southern University | 19000 | 42400 | 0.5514 | 6,619 | 920 | 0.9335 | |
| 20 | Gallaudet University | 19200 | 44200 | 0.565 | 919 | 875 | 0.6094 | |
| 21 | Simpson College | 19300 | 59400 | 0.6752 | 1,140 | 1430 | 0.8888 | |
| 22 | Towson University | 19800 | 30000 | 0.3395 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 23 | Carson-Newman University | 19900 | 51700 | 0.615 | 1,606 | 1110 | 0.9045 | |
| 24 | Fitchburg State University | 20000 | 31300 | 0.3616 | 3,027 | 1150 | 0.8693 | |
| 25 | Southwestern Christian University | 20400 | 26600 | 0.2329 | 351 | 930 | 0.8034 | |
| 26 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6395 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
| 27 | Wayland Baptist University | 20900 | 37300 | 0.4401 | 2,087 | 925 | 0.5596 | |
| 28 | Anna Maria College | 21900 | 53000 | 0.5867 | 995 | 985 | 0.896 | |
| 28 | Canisius University | 21900 | 53200 | 0.588 | 1,724 | 1129 | 0.7224 | |
| 30 | University of the Cumberlands | 22000 | 26400 | 0.164 | 6,091 | 1110 | 0.7139 | |
| 31 | Grand View University | 22100 | 52500 | 0.5791 | 1,483 | 1035 | 0.9843 | |
| 31 | Lancaster Bible College Capital Seminary & Graduate School | 22100 | 54400 | 0.5938 | 1,778 | 1115 | 0.9519 | |
| 31 | Upper Iowa University | 22100 | 41700 | 0.4706 | 2,504 | 1045 | 0.9338 | |
| 34 | Saint Norbert College | 22400 | 62300 | 0.6405 | 1,970 | 1193 | 0.8574 | |
| 35 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6188 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 36 | Bethel University | 23100 | 49200 | 0.5299 | 1,107 | 1029 | 0.9868 | |
| 37 | Saint Leo University | 23200 | 50000 | 0.5358 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 38 | Syracuse University | 23600 | 83100 | 0.716 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 39 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23700 | 24500 | 0.0326 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 39 | William Woods University | 23700 | 60700 | 0.6097 | 1,097 | 1140 | 0.7449 | |
| 41 | Malone University | 23800 | 55800 | 0.5735 | 992 | 1075 | 0.7586 | |
| 42 | Fontbonne University | 23900 | 50200 | 0.5241 | 650 | 1090 | 0.9503 | |
| 43 | Calumet College of Saint Joseph | 24100 | 42000 | 0.4259 | 560 | 915 | 0.5728 | |
| 43 | Meredith College | 24100 | 65900 | 0.6342 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 45 | East Central University | 24300 | 33300 | 0.2705 | 2,644 | 1055 | 0.5815 | |
| 45 | Judson University | 24300 | 49100 | 0.506 | 793 | 1049 | 0.624 | |
| 45 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24300 | 55200 | 0.5603 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 48 | Elmira College | 24600 | 50000 | 0.5083 | 745 | 1250 | 0.7696 | |
| 48 | Midland University | 24600 | 63000 | 0.6091 | 1,333 | 1079 | 0.6692 | |
| 50 | Dominican University | 24900 | 55500 | 0.551 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 51 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 25000 | 25600 | 0.0235 | 11,874 | 1082 | 0.8377 | |
| 51 | Westminster College | 25000 | 53800 | 0.5358 | 593 | 1160 | 0.7758 | |
| 53 | Bellevue University | 25200 | 25700 | 0.0194 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 54 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 25300 | 37400 | 0.3239 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 55 | Shorter University | 25600 | 36500 | 0.2982 | 1,322 | 1090 | 0.9693 | |
| 56 | Geneva College | 25800 | 48900 | 0.4723 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 57 | Bethel University | 25900 | 35300 | 0.2667 | 2,719 | 1171 | 0.9717 | |
| 58 | Doane University | 26000 | 62800 | 0.5861 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 58 | Warren Wilson College | 26000 | 57000 | 0.5431 | 742 | 1289 | 0.7771 | |
| 60 | North Central University | 26100 | 43800 | 0.4039 | 865 | 1075 | 0.9082 | |
| 60 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26100 | 36500 | 0.2851 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 60 | Valley City State University | 26100 | 28200 | 0.0735 | 1,651 | 1055 | 0.9907 | |
| 63 | University of Arizona | 26400 | 35200 | 0.2498 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 64 | Earlham College | 26500 | 75800 | 0.6509 | 696 | 1233 | 0.7311 | |
| 65 | Columbia College | 26800 | 41300 | 0.3514 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 66 | Wingate University | 26900 | 65000 | 0.5859 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 67 | Kennesaw State University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 67 | University of North Georgia | 27000 | 35500 | 0.2393 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 69 | Troy University | 27400 | 32600 | 0.1594 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 70 | University of North Texas | 27500 | 37400 | 0.2649 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 71 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 27700 | 54800 | 0.4943 | 936 | 980 | 0.8003 | |
| 72 | McPherson College | 27800 | 47600 | 0.4163 | 876 | 1065 | 0.7676 | |
| 72 | Murray State University | 27800 | 32400 | 0.1414 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 72 | Touro University | 27800 | 60200 | 0.5381 | 5,098 | 1366 | 0.6196 | |
| 75 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28200 | 41800 | 0.3247 | 1,817 | 1080 | 0.8078 | |
| 76 | Chestnut Hill College | 28500 | 74900 | 0.6196 | 972 | 995 | 0.7913 | |
| 77 | Mercy University | 28600 | 44500 | 0.3574 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 77 | University of Minnesota-Morris | 28600 | 33700 | 0.1508 | 981 | 1140 | 0.7493 | |
| 79 | Rivier University | 29100 | 57700 | 0.4955 | 1,335 | 1060 | 0.8176 | |
| 80 | New England College | 29700 | 64600 | 0.5406 | 1,032 | 930 | 0.9213 | |
| 80 | William Penn University | 29700 | 47200 | 0.3721 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 82 | Hilbert College | 29800 | 54600 | 0.4546 | 939 | 1103 | 0.98 | |
| 82 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 29800 | 51100 | 0.4171 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 84 | Lander University | 30100 | 37000 | 0.1866 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 85 | Le Moyne College | 30200 | 53700 | 0.4377 | 2,563 | 1240 | 0.7529 | |
| 86 | Fisher College | 30300 | 60900 | 0.502 | 1,384 | 961 | 0.7075 | |
| 87 | Franklin Pierce University | 30500 | 68300 | 0.5534 | 1,058 | 1095 | 0.9083 | |
| 88 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30600 | 46200 | 0.3372 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 89 | East Tennessee State University | 30700 | 30700 | 0 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 90 | Columbia International University | 31700 | 44800 | 0.2919 | 721 | 1079 | 0.9461 | |
| 90 | Missouri Baptist University | 31700 | 53800 | 0.4102 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 92 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 31800 | 41600 | 0.2358 | 9,302 | 1125 | 0.9735 | |
| 93 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 32000 | 50000 | 0.3611 | 898 | 1044 | 0.7614 | |
| 94 | Lesley University | 32100 | 53600 | 0.4012 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 95 | University of Bridgeport | 32200 | 60500 | 0.4679 | 1,479 | 1065 | 0.6431 | |
| 96 | Southern New Hampshire University | 32300 | 47600 | 0.3213 | 159,653 | 965 | 0.9612 | |
| 96 | University of Scranton | 32300 | 76300 | 0.5763 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
| 98 | Southeastern University | 32600 | 60500 | 0.4609 | 10,351 | 1130 | 0.6165 | |
| 98 | Spring Arbor University | 32600 | 51100 | 0.3633 | 1,091 | 1120 | 0.3733 | |
| 100 | Liberty University | 32800 | 43900 | 0.2528 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 101 | Mount Saint Mary College | 33100 | 68400 | 0.5161 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 102 | Hardin-Simmons University | 33500 | 49700 | 0.326 | 1,283 | 1080 | 0.9653 | |
| 102 | Stephen F Austin State University | 33500 | 42800 | 0.2173 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 104 | Anderson University | 33600 | 52400 | 0.3588 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 104 | Emmanuel College | 33600 | 67200 | 0.4998 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 106 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 54600 | 0.383 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 106 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 108 | Beacon College | 33800 | 75800 | 0.5537 | 531 | 0 | 0.1677 | |
| 109 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54600 | 0.3754 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 110 | Nova Southeastern University | 34200 | 56300 | 0.3923 | 7,307 | 1165 | 0.7324 | |
| 111 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 35000 | 37600 | 0.0685 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 112 | City University of Seattle | 35100 | 45400 | 0.227 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
| 113 | California Baptist University | 35200 | 65200 | 0.4601 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 113 | Goldey-Beacom College | 35200 | 38100 | 0.0768 | 702 | 0 | 0.7653 | |
| 115 | University of Mount Olive | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 116 | Seton Hill University | 35700 | 63800 | 0.4402 | 1,597 | 1150 | 0.7579 | |
| 117 | Ottawa University-Surprise | 36000 | 56500 | 0.363 | 768 | 980 | 0.3988 | |
| 118 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 36200 | 45500 | 0.2045 | 4,264 | 1130 | 0.7423 | |
| 119 | Mercer University | 36500 | 60500 | 0.3967 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 120 | University of Northern Colorado | 36800 | 38900 | 0.054 | 6,480 | 1085 | 0.9363 | |
| 121 | Bluefield University | 37200 | 43200 | 0.1389 | 694 | 995 | 0.6272 | |
| 122 | Queens University of Charlotte | 37700 | 68200 | 0.447 | 1,225 | 1235 | 0.5651 | |
| 123 | Montreat College | 38900 | 55000 | 0.2924 | 759 | 1055 | 0.6555 | |
| 124 | Loyola University Chicago | 40000 | 73500 | 0.4556 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 125 | Ohio Christian University | 40200 | 42300 | 0.049 | 1,340 | 890 | 0.399 | |
| 126 | York College of Pennsylvania | 41400 | 41400 | 0 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 127 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 41700 | 56800 | 0.2656 | 12,234 | 1194 | 0.8296 | |
| 128 | Central Christian College of Kansas | 43100 | 45200 | 0.0459 | 437 | 1020 | 0.957 | |
| 129 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 43700 | 43700 | 0 | 11,554 | 1100 | 0.5516 | |
| 130 | Lees-McRae College | 44600 | 58700 | 0.2397 | 873 | 1140 | 0.7685 | |
| 131 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1127 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 132 | Spelman College | 47500 | 49600 | 0.0418 | 2,712 | 1218 | 0.2487 | |
| 133 | University of Oregon | 59400 | 68900 | 0.1389 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 134 | 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.