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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 | Old Dominion University | 0 | 32400 | 1 | 17,504 | 1205 | 0.9135 | |
| 2 | Northwest Indian College | 5300 | 16400 | 0.6766 | 636 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | East Central University | 10600 | 43600 | 0.7569 | 2,976 | 1045 | 0.6181 | |
| 4 | Grace Christian University | 11100 | 42800 | 0.7415 | 928 | 1075 | 0.9916 | |
| 5 | Fitchburg State University | 12400 | 34800 | 0.6428 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 6 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 12800 | 34400 | 0.6272 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 7 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 13200 | 27600 | 0.5213 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 8 | Arkansas Baptist College | 13600 | 24000 | 0.4328 | 356 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 10 | Northeastern University Oakland | 14000 | 115300 | 0.8784 | 467 | 1469 | 0.1665 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14000 | 19000 | 0.2634 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 12 | University of North Georgia | 14300 | 56800 | 0.7485 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 13 | Troy University | 14800 | 39100 | 0.6211 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 14 | Murray State University | 14900 | 27000 | 0.4495 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 15 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 15000 | 31600 | 0.5259 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 15 | Urshan University | 15000 | 26200 | 0.4282 | 474 | 990 | 0.8378 | |
| 17 | Lincoln University | 15100 | 33800 | 0.5526 | 1,424 | 890 | 0.6431 | |
| 18 | Lander University | 15400 | 24600 | 0.3733 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 19 | University of North Texas | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3943 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 20 | Northern Illinois University | 15900 | 30400 | 0.4777 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 21 | Lindsey Wilson University | 16000 | 47500 | 0.6635 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 22 | University of Northern Colorado | 16300 | 64400 | 0.7465 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 22 | University of South Florida | 16300 | 16300 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 24 | University of Arizona | 16500 | 41400 | 0.6016 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 25 | Waynesburg University | 16600 | 45000 | 0.6306 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 26 | Bethel University | 16900 | 35300 | 0.5207 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 27 | East Tennessee State University | 17200 | 26100 | 0.3404 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 28 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17600 | 27400 | 0.3575 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 29 | Carson-Newman University | 17700 | 51900 | 0.6592 | 1,912 | 1075 | 0.6381 | |
| 30 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 17800 | 52100 | 0.6583 | 6,790 | 965 | 0.9447 | |
| 31 | Northeastern University | 17900 | 90000 | 0.8011 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 31 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 58900 | 0.6966 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 33 | Kennesaw State University | 18000 | 61500 | 0.7069 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 33 | Southwestern Christian University | 18000 | 26800 | 0.3289 | 380 | 930 | 1 | |
| 35 | Bellevue University | 18300 | 37300 | 0.509 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 36 | Malone University | 18400 | 80800 | 0.7723 | 946 | 1080 | 0.7623 | |
| 37 | Elmira College | 18600 | 60600 | 0.693 | 783 | 1391 | 0.8054 | |
| 37 | University of Mary | 18600 | 32600 | 0.4281 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 39 | California State University-Fullerton | 18700 | 61400 | 0.6952 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 40 | Quincy University | 18900 | 57800 | 0.6728 | 1,096 | 1115 | 0.551 | |
| 41 | Bethel University | 19800 | 53500 | 0.6297 | 1,065 | 1030 | 0.9766 | |
| 41 | Piedmont University | 19800 | 47400 | 0.5826 | 1,154 | 1080 | 0.9054 | |
| 41 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 44 | Southern Oregon University | 20300 | 73600 | 0.7244 | 4,235 | 1104 | 0.8862 | |
| 45 | Anna Maria College | 21100 | 96900 | 0.782 | 916 | 885 | 0.5015 | |
| 46 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21400 | 54200 | 0.605 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 47 | Grand Canyon University | 21800 | 48300 | 0.5487 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 48 | Le Moyne College | 21900 | 58200 | 0.6237 | 2,494 | 1250 | 0.6782 | |
| 49 | Gordon State College | 22200 | 35800 | 0.3794 | 3,179 | 1015 | 0.859 | |
| 49 | Upper Iowa University | 22200 | 41700 | 0.4671 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 49 | Washburn University | 22200 | 29500 | 0.2478 | 5,427 | 1048 | 1 | |
| 52 | Nelson University | 22300 | 55500 | 0.5982 | 1,526 | 990 | 0.8902 | |
| 53 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6212 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 54 | University of the Cumberlands | 22800 | 26400 | 0.1342 | 7,612 | 1025 | 0.9881 | |
| 55 | Indiana Institute of Technology | 23000 | 48800 | 0.5288 | 1,650 | 1055 | 0.7039 | |
| 56 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23300 | 26900 | 0.1338 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 56 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 23300 | 33600 | 0.3063 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 58 | Columbia College | 23600 | 65100 | 0.6372 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 59 | Midland University | 23800 | 64300 | 0.6296 | 1,309 | 1045 | 0.6612 | |
| 60 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 60 | Georgia Gwinnett College | 23900 | 25300 | 0.0553 | 12,245 | 995 | 0.955 | |
| 62 | Judson University | 24100 | 49100 | 0.5087 | 697 | 1010 | 0.8905 | |
| 63 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24200 | 55200 | 0.5627 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 64 | North Central University | 24300 | 67400 | 0.6392 | 759 | 1075 | 0.9898 | |
| 65 | Doane University | 24900 | 71000 | 0.6497 | 1,758 | 1124 | 0.9633 | |
| 65 | University of Minnesota-Morris | 24900 | 31900 | 0.219 | 982 | 1168 | 0.741 | |
| 67 | Saint Leo University | 25300 | 50000 | 0.4938 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 68 | Shorter University | 25700 | 36500 | 0.2956 | 1,203 | 1110 | 0.9646 | |
| 68 | Simpson College | 25700 | 67100 | 0.6174 | 1,235 | 1430 | 0.8622 | |
| 68 | William Woods University | 25700 | 58400 | 0.5596 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.7118 | |
| 71 | Saint Norbert College | 26200 | 63000 | 0.5837 | 1,970 | 1193 | 0.8574 | |
| 72 | Earlham College | 26300 | 75800 | 0.6528 | 670 | 1237 | 0.7904 | |
| 72 | Lancaster Bible College Capital Seminary & Graduate School | 26300 | 48800 | 0.4607 | 1,793 | 1174 | 0.5589 | |
| 74 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4755 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 75 | Wingate University | 26700 | 65000 | 0.5892 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 76 | Valley City State University | 27000 | 29300 | 0.0781 | 1,663 | 1045 | 0.9942 | |
| 77 | Chestnut Hill College | 27500 | 60100 | 0.5423 | 868 | 995 | 0.7446 | |
| 78 | Central Washington University | 27700 | 27900 | 0.0072 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 78 | University of Bridgeport | 27700 | 60500 | 0.5423 | 1,570 | 1000 | 0.8302 | |
| 80 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28300 | 41800 | 0.3223 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 81 | New England College | 28600 | 65800 | 0.5653 | 1,049 | 930 | 0.8584 | |
| 82 | Wayland Baptist University | 28800 | 37300 | 0.2281 | 1,894 | 1045 | 0.5477 | |
| 83 | William Penn University | 29400 | 48000 | 0.387 | 1,366 | 1035 | 0.7311 | |
| 84 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3349 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 85 | Columbia International University | 31500 | 44800 | 0.2967 | 1,084 | 1079 | 0.9371 | |
| 85 | Missouri Baptist University | 31500 | 53800 | 0.4142 | 5,253 | 910 | 0.7062 | |
| 87 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31800 | 50000 | 0.3654 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 88 | Bluefield University | 32000 | 43200 | 0.2604 | 627 | 995 | 0.5931 | |
| 89 | Anderson University | 32300 | 53600 | 0.3973 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 89 | Grand View University | 32300 | 58100 | 0.444 | 1,500 | 1020 | 0.9909 | |
| 91 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5879 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 92 | Liberty University | 33100 | 43400 | 0.2361 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 92 | Seton Hill University | 33100 | 89200 | 0.6289 | 1,502 | 1134 | 0.7953 | |
| 94 | Southeastern University | 33400 | 56200 | 0.4054 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 95 | Queens University of Charlotte | 33500 | 71300 | 0.5301 | 1,210 | 1244 | 0.805 | |
| 96 | Belmont Abbey College | 33600 | 39000 | 0.1383 | 1,300 | 1094 | 0.7465 | |
| 96 | Franklin Pierce University | 33600 | 68300 | 0.5077 | 997 | 1174 | 0.9347 | |
| 98 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 69900 | 0.5181 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 99 | Fisher College | 33800 | 65300 | 0.4818 | 1,544 | 961 | 0.8263 | |
| 100 | Spring Arbor University | 33900 | 52700 | 0.3566 | 1,133 | 1124 | 0.6518 | |
| 101 | Nova Southeastern University | 34100 | 56100 | 0.3921 | 7,057 | 1187 | 0.7557 | |
| 102 | Lee University | 34200 | 37800 | 0.0952 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 103 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 104 | California Baptist University | 34500 | 69100 | 0.5009 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 104 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 34500 | 62800 | 0.4506 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 104 | Texas Southern University | 34500 | 42500 | 0.1883 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 107 | Southern New Hampshire University | 34700 | 43300 | 0.1985 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 108 | Hilbert College | 35100 | 52900 | 0.3363 | 931 | 1080 | 0.9724 | |
| 109 | Goldey-Beacom College | 37100 | 40200 | 0.078 | 701 | 0 | 0.8451 | |
| 109 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 37100 | 37600 | 0.0133 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 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 | Simmons University | 39500 | 57800 | 0.3169 | 1,676 | 1317 | 0.7008 | |
| 114 | Ohio Christian University | 40800 | 43100 | 0.0531 | 1,288 | 890 | 0.3797 | |
| 115 | Mercy University | 41300 | 46400 | 0.11 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 116 | Montreat College | 41800 | 58100 | 0.2804 | 781 | 1164 | 0.692 | |
| 117 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1645 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 118 | Lesley University | 42500 | 71100 | 0.4021 | 1,230 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 119 | Western Washington University | 42700 | 51300 | 0.1675 | 13,609 | 1199 | 0.9371 | |
| 120 | Central Christian College of Kansas | 42900 | 45200 | 0.0507 | 454 | 1020 | 0.528 | |
| 121 | Lees-McRae College | 44400 | 58700 | 0.2434 | 869 | 1140 | 0.8036 | |
| 122 | LeTourneau University | 44600 | 55000 | 0.1891 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 123 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3015 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 124 | University of Delaware | 47700 | 62000 | 0.2314 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 125 | Beacon College | 48700 | 83200 | 0.4148 | 531 | 0 | 0.1677 | |
| 126 | Mount Saint Mary College | 48800 | 68800 | 0.2908 | 2,749 | 1153 | 0.892 | |
| 127 | Towson University | 49700 | 68400 | 0.2736 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 128 | Loyola University Chicago | 52300 | 74800 | 0.301 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 129 | Elon University | 54300 | 69600 | 0.2198 | 6,191 | 1283 | 0.6326 | |
| 130 | George Mason University | 58000 | 61400 | 0.0554 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 131 | 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.