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Considering a degree in Human Services?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Human Services majors who live in Pennsylvania.
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 Pennsylvania.
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 | 5400 | 16400 | 0.6705 | 636 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Grace Christian University | 11200 | 42100 | 0.7346 | 928 | 1075 | 0.9916 | |
| 3 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6079 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 4 | Arkansas Baptist College | 13700 | 24000 | 0.4286 | 342 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Western Washington University | 13700 | 31400 | 0.5637 | 13,752 | 1272 | 0.9325 | |
| 6 | Northern Illinois University | 14400 | 30400 | 0.5268 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 7 | Stephen F Austin State University | 14800 | 23400 | 0.3671 | 9,129 | 1075 | 0.9399 | |
| 8 | Murray State University | 14900 | 27000 | 0.4491 | 7,851 | 1115 | 0.8568 | |
| 9 | Urshan University | 15000 | 19600 | 0.2352 | 474 | 990 | 0.8378 | |
| 10 | Lincoln University | 15100 | 31200 | 0.5158 | 1,545 | 890 | 0.6572 | |
| 11 | Northeastern University | 15700 | 89900 | 0.8254 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 12 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 16100 | 26900 | 0.4031 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 13 | Dakota Wesleyan University | 16300 | 46400 | 0.6493 | 771 | 1085 | 0.7338 | |
| 14 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 17100 | 17100 | 0.0005 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.784 | |
| 15 | Lindsey Wilson College | 17300 | 47100 | 0.633 | 1,722 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | Northeastern University Oakland | 17500 | 90000 | 0.8057 | 464 | 1469 | 0.1665 | |
| 17 | Waynesburg University | 17600 | 45000 | 0.61 | 1,030 | 1093 | 0.8982 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 17900 | 22800 | 0.2152 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.865 | |
| 19 | Bethel University | 18000 | 35300 | 0.4896 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 20 | California State University-Fullerton | 18300 | 20600 | 0.1108 | 38,760 | 1090 | 0.9052 | |
| 21 | Southwestern Christian University | 18500 | 26800 | 0.3102 | 380 | 975 | 0.6206 | |
| 22 | Simpson College | 18600 | 60500 | 0.6923 | 1,235 | 1430 | 0.8622 | |
| 23 | University of Mary | 18800 | 32600 | 0.4233 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 24 | Quincy University | 18900 | 57800 | 0.6728 | 1,072 | 1115 | 0.5093 | |
| 25 | Carson-Newman University | 19600 | 51900 | 0.6226 | 1,596 | 1110 | 0.9045 | |
| 25 | Lee University | 19600 | 37400 | 0.4762 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 25 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19600 | 29100 | 0.3269 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 28 | University of Arizona | 19700 | 30900 | 0.363 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 29 | Bethel University | 19800 | 54500 | 0.6363 | 1,065 | 1030 | 0.9766 | |
| 29 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19800 | 62200 | 0.6825 | 2,711 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 31 | Bellevue University | 20200 | 36400 | 0.4442 | 11,037 | 0 | 0 | |
| 32 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20400 | 23200 | 0.1207 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 33 | Anna Maria College | 21100 | 54200 | 0.6109 | 916 | 885 | 0.503 | |
| 34 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21400 | 24900 | 0.1414 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 35 | East Central University | 21900 | 36200 | 0.3948 | 2,644 | 1055 | 0.5815 | |
| 36 | Texas Southern University | 22200 | 25500 | 0.1296 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 37 | Gordon State College | 22300 | 35300 | 0.3686 | 3,179 | 1015 | 0.859 | |
| 37 | Nelson University | 22300 | 55500 | 0.5982 | 1,479 | 990 | 0.8902 | |
| 39 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6212 | 1,436 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 39 | Upper Iowa University | 22400 | 41700 | 0.4632 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 41 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22500 | 53000 | 0.575 | 1,472 | 1075 | 0.8459 | |
| 42 | University of the Cumberlands | 22800 | 26400 | 0.1339 | 7,612 | 1025 | 0.9881 | |
| 42 | York College of Pennsylvania | 22800 | 44900 | 0.493 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 44 | Central Washington University | 23500 | 27900 | 0.158 | 10,317 | 1045 | 0.9062 | |
| 44 | North Central University | 23500 | 43900 | 0.4649 | 759 | 1075 | 0.9898 | |
| 46 | East Tennessee State University | 23600 | 30600 | 0.2286 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 47 | Saint Norbert College | 23900 | 63800 | 0.6252 | 1,970 | 1193 | 0.8574 | |
| 48 | Midland University | 24000 | 65300 | 0.632 | 1,309 | 1045 | 0.6612 | |
| 49 | Fitchburg State University | 24100 | 33700 | 0.2849 | 3,027 | 1145 | 0.8693 | |
| 49 | Judson University | 24100 | 49100 | 0.5086 | 718 | 1015 | 0.4759 | |
| 51 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24200 | 55200 | 0.5626 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 52 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 24300 | 34700 | 0.2987 | 4,526 | 0 | 0 | |
| 53 | Calumet College of Saint Joseph | 24500 | 41500 | 0.41 | 530 | 895 | 0.4 | |
| 54 | Elmira College | 24800 | 60600 | 0.5907 | 745 | 1250 | 0.7696 | |
| 55 | Geneva College | 25100 | 50300 | 0.5021 | 1,260 | 1143 | 0.7905 | |
| 56 | Doane University | 25300 | 71000 | 0.644 | 1,315 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 57 | Saint Leo University | 25400 | 50000 | 0.4918 | 7,516 | 1110 | 0.784 | |
| 58 | Shorter University | 25800 | 36500 | 0.2927 | 1,203 | 1110 | 0.9646 | |
| 59 | Columbia College | 26400 | 46900 | 0.4372 | 5,207 | 1145 | 0.4714 | |
| 60 | Wingate University | 26700 | 65000 | 0.5891 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 61 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26800 | 36600 | 0.2676 | 27,132 | 1099 | 0.9617 | |
| 62 | Troy University | 26900 | 34700 | 0.2248 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 63 | William Woods University | 27000 | 58400 | 0.5373 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 64 | Valley City State University | 27100 | 29300 | 0.0777 | 1,651 | 1055 | 0.9907 | |
| 65 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 66 | University of North Georgia | 27500 | 38600 | 0.2879 | 18,322 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 67 | Chestnut Hill College | 28100 | 58500 | 0.5199 | 868 | 995 | 0.7446 | |
| 68 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28400 | 41800 | 0.3196 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 68 | Lancaster Bible College Capital Seminary & Graduate School | 28400 | 47900 | 0.4073 | 1,793 | 1174 | 0.5589 | |
| 68 | University of Minnesota-Morris | 28400 | 33700 | 0.1569 | 981 | 1140 | 0.7493 | |
| 71 | Wayland Baptist University | 28700 | 37300 | 0.2308 | 2,087 | 1010 | 0.5596 | |
| 72 | New England College | 28800 | 65800 | 0.5624 | 1,032 | 930 | 0.9213 | |
| 73 | University of North Texas | 29000 | 37400 | 0.2244 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 74 | Elizabethtown College | 29100 | 54600 | 0.4673 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 75 | East Texas A&M University | 29400 | 36500 | 0.1945 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 76 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 29500 | 34000 | 0.1322 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 76 | William Penn University | 29500 | 48000 | 0.3868 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 78 | Hilbert College | 29900 | 57100 | 0.4764 | 931 | 1080 | 0.972 | |
| 79 | Mercy University | 30200 | 44500 | 0.3215 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 80 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3347 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 81 | Columbia International University | 31500 | 44800 | 0.2965 | 965 | 1079 | 0.9447 | |
| 81 | Missouri Baptist University | 31500 | 53800 | 0.414 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 83 | Goldey-Beacom College | 31600 | 40200 | 0.2138 | 697 | 0 | 0.8451 | |
| 83 | Mount Saint Mary College | 31600 | 68600 | 0.5394 | 2,141 | 1153 | 0.8888 | |
| 85 | Grand View University | 31800 | 58100 | 0.4525 | 1,500 | 1020 | 0.9909 | |
| 85 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31800 | 50000 | 0.3652 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 87 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 32000 | 45700 | 0.3 | 7,062 | 965 | 0.928 | |
| 88 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5887 | 3,613 | 1250 | 0.8123 | |
| 89 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 90 | California Baptist University | 33400 | 65600 | 0.4908 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 91 | Lander University | 33500 | 37700 | 0.1115 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 92 | Emmanuel College | 33600 | 71400 | 0.5294 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 92 | Franklin Pierce University | 33600 | 68300 | 0.5077 | 997 | 1174 | 0.9347 | |
| 94 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,677 | 1430 | 0.4709 | |
| 94 | University of Bridgeport | 33700 | 60500 | 0.4431 | 1,570 | 1000 | 0.8302 | |
| 96 | Fisher College | 33800 | 65300 | 0.4818 | 1,536 | 961 | 0.7068 | |
| 96 | Nova Southeastern University | 33800 | 56100 | 0.3974 | 7,311 | 1165 | 0.7321 | |
| 98 | LeTourneau University | 33900 | 54800 | 0.3817 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 99 | Ottawa University-Surprise | 34200 | 67500 | 0.4937 | 837 | 995 | 0.7815 | |
| 100 | Meredith College | 34500 | 64200 | 0.4628 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 100 | Southeastern University | 34500 | 60500 | 0.4295 | 10,172 | 1110 | 0.5298 | |
| 102 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 34600 | 41600 | 0.1682 | 9,302 | 1125 | 0.9735 | |
| 102 | Washburn University | 34600 | 38400 | 0.0989 | 5,331 | 1095 | 0.9551 | |
| 104 | Southern New Hampshire University | 34700 | 44300 | 0.2166 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 105 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 34800 | 37600 | 0.0739 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 106 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 107 | Hardin-Simmons University | 35600 | 49700 | 0.2836 | 1,291 | 1110 | 0.9 | |
| 108 | University of Northern Colorado | 36300 | 39100 | 0.0716 | 6,480 | 1085 | 0.8585 | |
| 109 | Lesley University | 36900 | 54700 | 0.3255 | 1,229 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 110 | Bluefield University | 37200 | 43200 | 0.1389 | 627 | 995 | 0.5931 | |
| 111 | Queens University of Charlotte | 38200 | 68200 | 0.4396 | 1,225 | 1208 | 0.6208 | |
| 112 | Touro University | 38800 | 42000 | 0.0761 | 4,872 | 1322 | 0.6083 | |
| 113 | Loyola University Chicago | 38900 | 74100 | 0.4749 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 114 | Ohio Christian University | 40000 | 42300 | 0.0539 | 1,288 | 890 | 0.3797 | |
| 115 | Montreat College | 41800 | 58100 | 0.2803 | 781 | 1164 | 0.692 | |
| 116 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1643 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 117 | Anderson University | 42200 | 53600 | 0.2127 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 118 | Central Christian College of Kansas | 42900 | 45200 | 0.0505 | 454 | 1020 | 0.5271 | |
| 119 | Spelman College | 44100 | 49200 | 0.1032 | 3,417 | 1218 | 0.2487 | |
| 120 | Lees-McRae College | 44400 | 58700 | 0.2432 | 873 | 1140 | 0.7678 | |
| 121 | Towson University | 45600 | 46400 | 0.0172 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 122 | Mercer University | 48800 | 63700 | 0.234 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 123 | Beacon College | 48900 | 81800 | 0.4021 | 531 | 0 | 0.4347 | |
| 124 | Elon University | 56100 | 68900 | 0.1859 | 6,452 | 1215 | 0.6635 | |
| 125 | University of Oregon | 66700 | 68900 | 0.0331 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.