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Considering a degree in Human Services?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Human Services majors who live in Virginia.
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 Virginia.
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 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 8100 | 36700 | 0.7801 | 11,554 | 1100 | 0.5516 | |
| 2 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10200 | 36100 | 0.7175 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 3 | Northwest Indian College | 10600 | 25700 | 0.5883 | 696 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11000 | 27400 | 0.5982 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 5 | Lincoln University | 11600 | 31700 | 0.6334 | 1,545 | 890 | 0.6572 | |
| 6 | Grace Christian University | 12600 | 41400 | 0.6962 | 891 | 995 | 0.9931 | |
| 7 | Lindsey Wilson College | 13000 | 60700 | 0.7854 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 8 | Arkansas Baptist College | 13500 | 31200 | 0.5678 | 373 | 0 | 0.5774 | |
| 9 | East Central University | 14100 | 18500 | 0.2382 | 2,644 | 1055 | 0.5815 | |
| 9 | University of South Florida | 14100 | 17100 | 0.1753 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 11 | Northern Illinois University | 14200 | 30700 | 0.5391 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 12 | Urshan College | 14700 | 19500 | 0.2461 | 514 | 1040 | 0.8387 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 15000 | 22800 | 0.3426 | 11,874 | 1082 | 0.8377 | |
| 14 | Gordon State College | 15100 | 33500 | 0.5493 | 3,129 | 950 | 0.8678 | |
| 14 | Northeastern University | 15100 | 89900 | 0.832 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 14 | Troy University | 15100 | 32600 | 0.5365 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 17 | University of North Georgia | 15200 | 21400 | 0.2897 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 18 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 15400 | 27600 | 0.4419 | 9,302 | 1125 | 0.9735 | |
| 19 | Central Washington University | 15600 | 22700 | 0.3124 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 19 | Fitchburg State University | 15600 | 30100 | 0.481 | 3,027 | 1150 | 0.8693 | |
| 21 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16000 | 23200 | 0.3103 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 22 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16400 | 31600 | 0.4816 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 23 | Waynesburg University | 16700 | 45000 | 0.6299 | 1,088 | 1099 | 0.9169 | |
| 24 | University of Northern Colorado | 17200 | 30500 | 0.4361 | 6,480 | 1085 | 0.9363 | |
| 25 | University of Mary | 17700 | 32600 | 0.4576 | 2,650 | 1189 | 0.7825 | |
| 26 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17900 | 33600 | 0.4669 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 27 | Quincy University | 18000 | 68000 | 0.7348 | 1,072 | 1115 | 0.5093 | |
| 28 | Saint Leo University | 18100 | 50000 | 0.6378 | 7,603 | 1085 | 0.721 | |
| 28 | Simpson College | 18100 | 59500 | 0.6959 | 1,140 | 1430 | 0.8888 | |
| 30 | Carson-Newman University | 18300 | 51900 | 0.6476 | 1,606 | 1110 | 0.9045 | |
| 31 | California State University-Fullerton | 18400 | 20600 | 0.1071 | 38,597 | 0 | 0.9052 | |
| 32 | Southwestern Christian University | 18800 | 26800 | 0.299 | 351 | 930 | 0.8034 | |
| 33 | Texas Southern University | 19400 | 42500 | 0.5438 | 6,619 | 920 | 0.9335 | |
| 34 | Gallaudet University | 19500 | 44900 | 0.5659 | 919 | 875 | 0.6094 | |
| 35 | Grand View University | 20000 | 52500 | 0.6178 | 1,483 | 1035 | 0.9843 | |
| 35 | Towson University | 20000 | 30000 | 0.3329 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 37 | York College of Pennsylvania | 20100 | 45800 | 0.5616 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 38 | Lancaster Bible College Capital Seminary & Graduate School | 20200 | 60200 | 0.6644 | 1,778 | 1115 | 0.9519 | |
| 39 | University of Minnesota-Morris | 20400 | 30300 | 0.3269 | 981 | 1140 | 0.7493 | |
| 40 | Bethel University | 20500 | 62500 | 0.6725 | 1,107 | 1029 | 0.9868 | |
| 41 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20700 | 57800 | 0.6418 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
| 42 | Kennesaw State University | 21400 | 26600 | 0.1957 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 43 | Anna Maria College | 21800 | 54200 | 0.598 | 995 | 985 | 0.896 | |
| 43 | Calumet College of Saint Joseph | 21800 | 50800 | 0.5712 | 560 | 915 | 0.5728 | |
| 43 | Wayland Baptist University | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4159 | 2,087 | 925 | 0.5596 | |
| 46 | Le Moyne College | 21900 | 58100 | 0.6226 | 2,563 | 1240 | 0.7529 | |
| 46 | University of the Cumberlands | 21900 | 26400 | 0.1689 | 6,091 | 1110 | 0.7139 | |
| 48 | Malone University | 22100 | 68800 | 0.6786 | 992 | 1075 | 0.7586 | |
| 49 | Upper Iowa University | 22200 | 41700 | 0.4666 | 2,504 | 1045 | 0.9338 | |
| 50 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6203 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 50 | William Woods University | 22400 | 60800 | 0.6312 | 1,097 | 1140 | 0.7449 | |
| 52 | Saint Norbert College | 22600 | 70700 | 0.6807 | 1,970 | 1193 | 0.8574 | |
| 53 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22800 | 58100 | 0.608 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 54 | Murray State University | 22900 | 27600 | 0.1707 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 55 | Mount Saint Mary College | 23000 | 68400 | 0.6638 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 56 | Bethel University | 23500 | 41600 | 0.4351 | 2,719 | 1171 | 0.9717 | |
| 57 | Hilbert College | 23800 | 63200 | 0.6237 | 939 | 1103 | 0.98 | |
| 58 | Elmira College | 23900 | 69000 | 0.6533 | 745 | 1250 | 0.7696 | |
| 59 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5714 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 59 | Fontbonne University | 24000 | 49800 | 0.5183 | 650 | 1090 | 0.9503 | |
| 61 | Midland University | 24100 | 74700 | 0.677 | 1,333 | 1079 | 0.6692 | |
| 62 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5076 | 793 | 1049 | 0.624 | |
| 62 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24200 | 55200 | 0.5617 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 64 | Westminster College | 24900 | 53800 | 0.5376 | 593 | 1160 | 0.7758 | |
| 65 | Rivier University | 25000 | 73300 | 0.6587 | 1,335 | 1060 | 0.8176 | |
| 66 | Syracuse University | 25300 | 83100 | 0.6955 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 67 | Shorter University | 25700 | 36500 | 0.2952 | 1,322 | 1090 | 0.9693 | |
| 67 | University of North Texas | 25700 | 25700 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 69 | Columbia College | 25900 | 51600 | 0.4985 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 69 | Doane University | 25900 | 77700 | 0.6663 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 69 | East Tennessee State University | 25900 | 30600 | 0.1535 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 69 | University of Bridgeport | 25900 | 65800 | 0.6065 | 1,479 | 1065 | 0.6431 | |
| 73 | Valley City State University | 26000 | 28200 | 0.0781 | 1,651 | 1055 | 0.9907 | |
| 74 | North Central University | 26200 | 43900 | 0.4035 | 865 | 1075 | 0.9082 | |
| 74 | Warren Wilson College | 26200 | 57000 | 0.5399 | 742 | 1289 | 0.7771 | |
| 76 | Earlham College | 26400 | 75800 | 0.6521 | 696 | 1233 | 0.7311 | |
| 76 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4748 | 1,147 | 1110 | 0.8035 | |
| 78 | Wingate University | 26800 | 65000 | 0.5879 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 79 | Emmanuel College | 27000 | 68300 | 0.605 | 1,909 | 1255 | 0.7565 | |
| 80 | University of Arizona | 27100 | 38500 | 0.2958 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 81 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 27200 | 45500 | 0.4024 | 4,264 | 1130 | 0.7423 | |
| 82 | Canisius University | 27700 | 64800 | 0.5729 | 1,724 | 1129 | 0.7224 | |
| 83 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 27800 | 67800 | 0.5902 | 936 | 980 | 0.8003 | |
| 84 | Bellevue University | 28300 | 32400 | 0.1267 | 11,096 | 0 | 0.995 | |
| 84 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28300 | 41800 | 0.322 | 1,817 | 1080 | 0.8078 | |
| 86 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 87 | Mercy University | 28700 | 44500 | 0.3552 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 88 | Chestnut Hill College | 29100 | 75900 | 0.6167 | 972 | 995 | 0.7913 | |
| 89 | William Penn University | 29500 | 48000 | 0.3853 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 90 | New England College | 29700 | 65800 | 0.5487 | 1,032 | 930 | 0.9213 | |
| 91 | Franklin Pierce University | 29900 | 68300 | 0.5619 | 1,058 | 1095 | 0.9083 | |
| 92 | Southeastern University | 30400 | 60500 | 0.4972 | 10,351 | 1130 | 0.6165 | |
| 93 | Southern Wesleyan University | 30500 | 46200 | 0.34 | 887 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 94 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 30800 | 36500 | 0.1561 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 95 | Fisher College | 30900 | 62300 | 0.5042 | 1,384 | 961 | 0.7075 | |
| 95 | McPherson College | 30900 | 53500 | 0.4225 | 876 | 1065 | 0.7676 | |
| 97 | Columbia International University | 31600 | 44800 | 0.2948 | 721 | 1079 | 0.9461 | |
| 97 | Missouri Baptist University | 31600 | 53800 | 0.4126 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 99 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31800 | 50000 | 0.3637 | 898 | 1044 | 0.7614 | |
| 100 | Bluefield University | 32000 | 43200 | 0.2604 | 694 | 995 | 0.6272 | |
| 100 | Liberty University | 32000 | 60900 | 0.4751 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 102 | Spring Arbor University | 32400 | 51100 | 0.3658 | 1,091 | 1120 | 0.3733 | |
| 102 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5881 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
| 104 | Nova Southeastern University | 32600 | 56300 | 0.4207 | 7,307 | 1165 | 0.7324 | |
| 105 | Southern New Hampshire University | 33000 | 52800 | 0.3751 | 159,653 | 965 | 0.9612 | |
| 106 | University of Oregon | 33100 | 38600 | 0.1424 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 107 | Anderson University | 33200 | 52500 | 0.3678 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 108 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4891 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 109 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55900 | 0.3974 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 109 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 111 | Beacon College | 33800 | 98100 | 0.6553 | 531 | 0 | 0.1677 | |
| 112 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 113 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 34900 | 37600 | 0.0719 | 3,018 | 920 | 0.9386 | |
| 114 | Goldey-Beacom College | 35100 | 38100 | 0.0802 | 702 | 0 | 0.7653 | |
| 115 | Hardin-Simmons University | 35200 | 49700 | 0.2917 | 1,283 | 1080 | 0.9653 | |
| 115 | Lander University | 35200 | 37700 | 0.0664 | 3,669 | 1060 | 0.6792 | |
| 117 | Loyola University Chicago | 35400 | 73600 | 0.5191 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 118 | Seton Hill University | 35900 | 78000 | 0.54 | 1,597 | 1150 | 0.7579 | |
| 119 | Meredith College | 36000 | 64200 | 0.4394 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 120 | Ottawa University-Surprise | 36200 | 56300 | 0.357 | 768 | 980 | 0.3988 | |
| 121 | Touro University | 36500 | 42000 | 0.1308 | 5,098 | 1366 | 0.6196 | |
| 122 | Lesley University | 37800 | 54700 | 0.3091 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.9442 | |
| 122 | Queens University of Charlotte | 37800 | 68200 | 0.4455 | 1,225 | 1235 | 0.5651 | |
| 124 | Elon University | 38800 | 58200 | 0.3332 | 6,452 | 1244 | 0.6635 | |
| 124 | Montreat College | 38800 | 55000 | 0.2948 | 759 | 1055 | 0.6555 | |
| 126 | Ohio Christian University | 40100 | 42300 | 0.0521 | 1,340 | 890 | 0.399 | |
| 127 | Spelman College | 40900 | 49200 | 0.1687 | 2,712 | 1218 | 0.2487 | |
| 128 | Old Dominion University | 42300 | 47700 | 0.1132 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 128 | Western Washington University | 42300 | 51500 | 0.1788 | 13,752 | 1218 | 0.9325 | |
| 130 | Central Christian College of Kansas | 43000 | 45200 | 0.0488 | 437 | 1020 | 0.957 | |
| 131 | Lees-McRae College | 44500 | 58700 | 0.242 | 873 | 1140 | 0.7685 | |
| 132 | City University of Seattle | 46300 | 46300 | 0 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
| 133 | University of Mount Olive | 48200 | 50400 | 0.0438 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 134 | Mercer University | 48900 | 63700 | 0.2324 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 135 | George Mason University | 57800 | 61000 | 0.0525 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.