Considering a degree in Human Services?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Human Services majors who live in California.
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 California.
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 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Northwest Indian College | 4900 | 16400 | 0.701 | 636 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.588 | 23,453 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | Utah State University | 8200 | 25200 | 0.6743 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 5 | Grace Christian University | 11000 | 42100 | 0.7394 | 928 | 1075 | 0.9916 | |
| 6 | Gordon State College | 12100 | 25100 | 0.5181 | 3,179 | 1015 | 0.859 | |
| 7 | University of South Florida | 12500 | 17100 | 0.2688 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 8 | Northeastern University Oakland | 12700 | 89900 | 0.8584 | 467 | 1469 | 0.1665 | |
| 9 | Arkansas Baptist College | 12900 | 24000 | 0.4619 | 356 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | Western Washington University | 13700 | 31400 | 0.5637 | 13,609 | 1199 | 0.9371 | |
| 11 | Northern Illinois University | 13900 | 30400 | 0.5446 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 12 | Lincoln University | 14100 | 32600 | 0.5668 | 1,424 | 890 | 0.6431 | |
| 13 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 14400 | 31700 | 0.5465 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 14 | Northeastern University | 14500 | 89900 | 0.8387 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 15 | Urshan University | 14600 | 19600 | 0.2557 | 474 | 990 | 0.8378 | |
| 16 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14900 | 29300 | 0.4915 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 17 | Valley City State University | 15700 | 23800 | 0.338 | 1,663 | 1045 | 0.9942 | |
| 18 | Portland State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3949 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 18 | Waynesburg University | 15800 | 45000 | 0.6487 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 20 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 17300 | 22800 | 0.2415 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 22 | Southwestern Christian University | 17600 | 26800 | 0.3438 | 380 | 930 | 1 | |
| 23 | Bethel University | 17800 | 35300 | 0.4953 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 24 | California State University-Fullerton | 17900 | 20600 | 0.1307 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 25 | Lindsey Wilson University | 18100 | 47100 | 0.616 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 26 | Towson University | 18200 | 29900 | 0.3909 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 26 | University of Mary | 18200 | 32600 | 0.4424 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 28 | Elmira College | 18400 | 60600 | 0.6963 | 783 | 1391 | 0.8054 | |
| 29 | Simpson College | 18500 | 60500 | 0.6939 | 1,235 | 1430 | 0.8622 | |
| 30 | Grand Canyon University | 18800 | 33700 | 0.4422 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 31 | Quincy University | 18900 | 57800 | 0.6728 | 1,096 | 1115 | 0.551 | |
| 32 | Carson-Newman University | 19000 | 51900 | 0.6341 | 1,912 | 1075 | 0.6381 | |
| 33 | Lee University | 19400 | 37400 | 0.4816 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 34 | Bethel University | 19600 | 54500 | 0.6402 | 1,065 | 1030 | 0.9766 | |
| 35 | Malone University | 19900 | 57100 | 0.6519 | 946 | 1080 | 0.7623 | |
| 36 | Bellevue University | 20200 | 36400 | 0.4445 | 11,037 | 0 | 1 | |
| 36 | Piedmont University | 20200 | 47200 | 0.572 | 1,154 | 1080 | 0.9054 | |
| 38 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20400 | 23200 | 0.1207 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 39 | Anna Maria College | 20900 | 54200 | 0.6147 | 916 | 885 | 0.5015 | |
| 40 | East Central University | 21300 | 36200 | 0.4114 | 2,976 | 1045 | 0.6181 | |
| 41 | Upper Iowa University | 21700 | 41700 | 0.4784 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 42 | Nelson University | 21900 | 55500 | 0.6054 | 1,526 | 990 | 0.8902 | |
| 43 | Le Moyne College | 22000 | 58100 | 0.6209 | 2,494 | 1250 | 0.6782 | |
| 43 | Texas Southern University | 22000 | 25500 | 0.1375 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 45 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22100 | 53000 | 0.5825 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 46 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6212 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 47 | Indiana Institute of Technology | 22500 | 48800 | 0.5391 | 1,650 | 1055 | 0.7039 | |
| 48 | Fitchburg State University | 22800 | 33700 | 0.3235 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 48 | University of the Cumberlands | 22800 | 26400 | 0.1342 | 7,612 | 1025 | 0.9881 | |
| 50 | Central Washington University | 22900 | 27200 | 0.1579 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 51 | East Tennessee State University | 23200 | 30600 | 0.2416 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 52 | Midland University | 23300 | 65300 | 0.6429 | 1,309 | 1045 | 0.6612 | |
| 53 | North Central University | 23400 | 43900 | 0.4671 | 759 | 1075 | 0.9898 | |
| 53 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 45800 | 0.4895 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 55 | Saint Norbert College | 23800 | 63800 | 0.6267 | 1,970 | 1193 | 0.8574 | |
| 56 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 56 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 23900 | 40500 | 0.4099 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 58 | Judson University | 24100 | 49100 | 0.5087 | 697 | 1010 | 0.8905 | |
| 59 | University of Arizona | 24400 | 37700 | 0.3533 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 60 | Doane University | 24700 | 71000 | 0.6525 | 1,758 | 1124 | 0.9633 | |
| 60 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24700 | 56700 | 0.5642 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 62 | Columbia College | 24900 | 46900 | 0.4691 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 63 | Saint Leo University | 25000 | 50000 | 0.4998 | 7,519 | 1110 | 0.7877 | |
| 64 | Shorter University | 25400 | 36500 | 0.304 | 1,203 | 1110 | 0.9646 | |
| 65 | Michigan State University | 25500 | 28900 | 0.1193 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 66 | Earlham College | 26300 | 75800 | 0.6528 | 670 | 1237 | 0.7904 | |
| 67 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4755 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 67 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26400 | 36600 | 0.2785 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 69 | William Woods University | 26500 | 58400 | 0.5459 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.7118 | |
| 70 | Troy University | 26700 | 34700 | 0.2305 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 70 | Wingate University | 26700 | 65000 | 0.5892 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 72 | University of North Georgia | 27200 | 38600 | 0.2957 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 73 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 73 | Rowan University | 27400 | 41300 | 0.3369 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 73 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 76 | Murray State University | 27600 | 32400 | 0.148 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 77 | Chestnut Hill College | 27800 | 60100 | 0.5373 | 868 | 995 | 0.7446 | |
| 77 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 79 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28000 | 41800 | 0.3301 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 79 | University of North Texas | 28000 | 37400 | 0.2512 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 81 | Lancaster Bible College Capital Seminary & Graduate School | 28300 | 48800 | 0.4197 | 1,793 | 1174 | 0.5589 | |
| 81 | New England College | 28300 | 65800 | 0.57 | 1,049 | 930 | 0.8584 | |
| 83 | Wayland Baptist University | 28700 | 37300 | 0.2308 | 1,894 | 1045 | 0.5477 | |
| 84 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 29200 | 36500 | 0.1999 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 85 | William Penn University | 29400 | 48000 | 0.387 | 1,366 | 1035 | 0.7311 | |
| 86 | Hilbert College | 29600 | 57100 | 0.4817 | 931 | 1080 | 0.9724 | |
| 87 | Grambling State University | 29700 | 35300 | 0.1587 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 88 | Edgewood University | 29800 | 51900 | 0.4259 | 1,236 | 1125 | 0.7498 | |
| 89 | Mercy University | 29900 | 44500 | 0.3282 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 90 | University of Minnesota-Morris | 30100 | 35400 | 0.1494 | 982 | 1168 | 0.741 | |
| 91 | California Baptist University | 30700 | 64800 | 0.5254 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 92 | Mount Saint Mary College | 30800 | 68600 | 0.551 | 2,749 | 1153 | 0.892 | |
| 93 | Southern Wesleyan University | 31400 | 47100 | 0.3349 | 784 | 1170 | 0.9953 | |
| 93 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 31400 | 45700 | 0.3132 | 6,790 | 965 | 0.9447 | |
| 95 | Columbia International University | 31500 | 44800 | 0.2967 | 1,084 | 1079 | 0.9371 | |
| 95 | Missouri Baptist University | 31500 | 53800 | 0.4142 | 5,253 | 910 | 0.7062 | |
| 97 | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | 31800 | 50000 | 0.3654 | 858 | 975 | 0.7239 | |
| 98 | Grand View University | 32300 | 58100 | 0.444 | 1,500 | 1020 | 0.9909 | |
| 99 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5879 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 100 | MiraCosta College | 32700 | 46000 | 0.2891 | 12,125 | 0 | 0 | |
| 101 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 32800 | 37200 | 0.1183 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 102 | Lander University | 32900 | 37700 | 0.1275 | 3,776 | 1055 | 0.8131 | |
| 103 | Belmont Abbey College | 33200 | 38000 | 0.1264 | 1,300 | 1094 | 0.7465 | |
| 103 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 105 | University of Bridgeport | 33400 | 60500 | 0.4481 | 1,570 | 1000 | 0.8302 | |
| 106 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55300 | 0.3925 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 107 | Franklin Pierce University | 33700 | 68300 | 0.5063 | 997 | 1174 | 0.9347 | |
| 107 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 107 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 33700 | 41600 | 0.1899 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 107 | Winthrop University | 33700 | 52500 | 0.3585 | 4,289 | 1130 | 0.8281 | |
| 111 | Fisher College | 33800 | 65300 | 0.4818 | 1,544 | 961 | 0.8263 | |
| 111 | Nova Southeastern University | 33800 | 56100 | 0.3974 | 7,057 | 1187 | 0.7557 | |
| 113 | Spring Arbor University | 33900 | 52700 | 0.3566 | 1,133 | 1124 | 0.6518 | |
| 114 | Southeastern University | 34200 | 60500 | 0.4345 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 114 | Washburn University | 34200 | 38400 | 0.1093 | 5,427 | 1048 | 1 | |
| 116 | Southern New Hampshire University | 34300 | 44300 | 0.2256 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 117 | Seton Hill University | 34900 | 89200 | 0.6087 | 1,502 | 1134 | 0.7953 | |
| 118 | Southern Oregon University | 35200 | 35200 | 0 | 4,235 | 1104 | 0.8862 | |
| 119 | Georgia Gwinnett College | 35800 | 37900 | 0.0554 | 12,245 | 995 | 0.955 | |
| 120 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 35900 | 39000 | 0.078 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 120 | University of Northern Colorado | 35900 | 39100 | 0.0819 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 122 | Lesley University | 36400 | 54700 | 0.3347 | 1,230 | 1115 | 0.9687 | |
| 123 | Goldey-Beacom College | 37100 | 40200 | 0.078 | 701 | 0 | 0.8451 | |
| 123 | University of North Texas at Dallas | 37100 | 37600 | 0.0133 | 2,953 | 975 | 0.8445 | |
| 125 | Bluefield University | 37200 | 43200 | 0.1389 | 627 | 995 | 0.5931 | |
| 126 | Queens University of Charlotte | 37800 | 68200 | 0.4455 | 1,210 | 1244 | 0.805 | |
| 127 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 38100 | 65000 | 0.4136 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 128 | Point University | 38300 | 44600 | 0.1414 | 1,997 | 1059 | 0.4426 | |
| 129 | LeTourneau University | 38500 | 54800 | 0.2977 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 130 | Crown College | 38600 | 53200 | 0.2734 | 1,523 | 1060 | 0.2278 | |
| 131 | Touro University | 39600 | 42000 | 0.0571 | 4,872 | 1316 | 0.6083 | |
| 132 | University of Illinois Chicago | 39800 | 50600 | 0.2135 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 133 | Simmons University | 40000 | 54800 | 0.2698 | 1,676 | 1317 | 0.7008 | |
| 134 | Ohio Christian University | 40800 | 43100 | 0.0531 | 1,288 | 890 | 0.3797 | |
| 135 | Loyola University Chicago | 41000 | 74100 | 0.4465 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 136 | Montreat College | 41800 | 58100 | 0.2804 | 781 | 1164 | 0.692 | |
| 137 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1645 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 138 | Anderson University | 42300 | 53600 | 0.2108 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 139 | Central Christian College of Kansas | 42900 | 45200 | 0.0507 | 454 | 1020 | 0.528 | |
| 140 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 141 | Immaculata University | 44000 | 47500 | 0.0736 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 142 | Lees-McRae College | 44400 | 58700 | 0.2434 | 869 | 1140 | 0.8036 | |
| 143 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3015 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 144 | University of Delaware | 47300 | 61300 | 0.2294 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 145 | Beacon College | 48400 | 81800 | 0.4082 | 531 | 0 | 0.1677 | |
| 146 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 147 | Lynn University | 51800 | 66000 | 0.2151 | 3,020 | 1135 | 0.7425 | |
| 148 | Elon University | 55700 | 68900 | 0.1917 | 6,191 | 1283 | 0.6326 | |
| 149 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 150 | 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.
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