Human Services, General

10,569 students earn a human services, general credential each year across 386 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.

Typical earnings, 1 year out: $36,492
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $44,642

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Bachelor's programs — top 100 of 183 colleges by graduates

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Grand Canyon UniversityPhoenix, Arizona1,014$35,4331 year out$45,006$30,509 2Southern New Hampshire UniversityManchester, New Hampshire602$38,4611 year out—$36,787 3California State University-FullertonFullerton, California264—1 year out——4Lindsey Wilson UniversityColumbia, Kentucky138$29,3181 year out$36,474$22,774 5University of the CumberlandsWilliamsburg, Kentucky109$32,9381 year out$38,951$22,783 6University of OregonEugene, Oregon109$35,6781 year out$51,422$21,417 7Florida State College at JacksonvilleJacksonville, Florida106$39,1731 year out—$30,726 8CUNY John Jay College of Criminal JusticeNew York, New York104—1 year out——9California State University-Dominguez HillsCarson, California100—1 year out——10Towson UniversityTowson, Maryland94$36,6161 year out$52,612$21,250 11Western Washington UniversityBellingham, Washington94$39,4871 year out$49,357$20,041 12CUNY New York City College of TechnologyBrooklyn, New York91$42,8391 year out$53,637$9,000 13California State University-Monterey BaySeaside, California90$37,5011 year out$57,518$14,480 14University of South FloridaTampa, Florida87$33,3511 year out$44,642$28,156 15Indian River State CollegeFort Pierce, Florida86$36,1071 year out$39,275$13,583 16Colorado State University GlobalDenver, Colorado82$43,3361 year out$44,167$44,111 17Post UniversityWaterbury, Connecticut80$41,1241 year out$50,579$54,002 18Monroe UniversityBronx, New York78$36,9401 year out—$31,000 19Troy UniversityTroy, Alabama75—1 year out——20Walden UniversityMinneapolis, Minnesota75$36,4921 year out$44,239$50,495 21Columbia CollegeColumbia, Missouri69$37,5711 year out$43,570$39,973 22Kennesaw State UniversityKennesaw, Georgia66$30,4371 year out$43,865$30,500 23University of DelawareNewark, Delaware62$32,8121 year out$53,343$24,413 24Palm Beach State CollegeLake Worth, Florida60—1 year out——25University of Wisconsin-OshkoshOshkosh, Wisconsin56—1 year out——26University of Northern ColoradoGreeley, Colorado55—1 year out——27Rasmussen University-FloridaOcala, Florida55$40,1251 year out—$46,312 28Metropolitan State UniversitySaint Paul, Minnesota53$45,7511 year out$51,794$31,000 29University of Phoenix-ArizonaPhoenix, Arizona52$39,5541 year out$46,004$50,140 30Buena Vista UniversityStorm Lake, Iowa51—1 year out——31Lincoln UniversityLincoln University, Pennsylvania50$34,3741 year out$49,213$37,500 32Wayland Baptist UniversityPlainview, Texas48$33,0821 year out$42,812$27,258 33East Tennessee State UniversityJohnson City, Tennessee46$32,4371 year out$40,094$22,150 34Upper Iowa UniversityFayette, Iowa44$39,3891 year out$44,527$45,388 35Central Washington UniversityEllensburg, Washington43$36,6441 year out$43,254$19,893 36East Central UniversityAda, Oklahoma37$32,0831 year out$42,443$28,000 37Metropolitan State University of DenverDenver, Colorado36$41,9381 year out$49,323$29,913 38Lees-McRae CollegeBanner Elk, North Carolina36$34,8111 year out—$15,750 39University of Colorado Colorado SpringsColorado Springs, Colorado35—1 year out——40Touro UniversityNew York, New York35$41,0211 year out$45,562$31,525 41Fisher CollegeBoston, Massachusetts33$35,2891 year out$45,881$29,935 42Bryant & Stratton College-OnlineOrchard Park, New York33—1 year out——43Wingate UniversityWingate, North Carolina32$32,8431 year out$47,697$27,000 44Chestnut Hill CollegePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania31$40,3361 year out$49,095$43,125 45Pennsylvania College of TechnologyWilliamsport, Pennsylvania31$35,7871 year out—$42,463 46University of North GeorgiaDahlonega, Georgia31$34,0321 year out$39,322$27,850 47Gordon State CollegeBarnesville, Georgia30$33,6481 year out$38,650$31,000 48University of Nevada-Las VegasLas Vegas, Nevada30$34,3591 year out$46,166$26,945 49Boricua CollegeNew York, New York30—1 year out——50University of New Hampshire College of Professional Studies OnlineManchester, New Hampshire29—1 year out——51Purdue University Fort WayneFort Wayne, Indiana28—1 year out——52York College of PennsylvaniaYork, Pennsylvania28—1 year out——53Evangel University-College of Online LearningSpringfield, Missouri28—1 year out——54Cambridge CollegeBoston, Massachusetts24$44,2871 year out$43,032$32,524 55Grace Christian UniversityWyoming, Michigan24$35,2051 year out—$36,149 56Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, New York23$41,5511 year out—$26,273 57Elon UniversityElon, North Carolina23—1 year out——58Indiana Wesleyan University-National & GlobalMarion, Indiana23$37,3661 year out$38,507$40,228 59University of ScrantonScranton, Pennsylvania22—1 year out$58,107$26,000 60University of BridgeportBridgeport, Connecticut20—1 year out$45,554—61Mercy UniversityDobbs Ferry, New York20$37,2741 year out$48,268$28,500 62Bluefield UniversityBluefield, Virginia20$33,8081 year out$42,456$25,000 63Mercer UniversityMacon, Georgia19—1 year out$41,822$54,500 64William Penn UniversityOskaloosa, Iowa19—1 year out——65University of BaltimoreBaltimore, Maryland19$39,0991 year out—$37,809 66Indiana Institute of Technology-College of Professional StudiesFort Wayne, Indiana19$40,1801 year out$42,694$47,683 67Urshan UniversityWentzville, Missouri19—1 year out——68Grand View UniversityDes Moines, Iowa18$40,7501 year out$45,288$30,750 69Ohio Christian UniversityCircleville, Ohio18—1 year out—$32,498 70Southern Wesleyan UniversityCentral, South Carolina18$32,2901 year out$37,793$41,027 71University of Mount OliveMount Olive, North Carolina17—1 year out——72Northern Illinois UniversityDekalb, Illinois16$29,0621 year out$46,762$27,000 73Bellevue UniversityBellevue, Nebraska16—1 year out—$10,312 74Bethel UniversityMcKenzie, Tennessee16—1 year out——75Lander UniversityGreenwood, South Carolina15—1 year out——76University of ArizonaTucson, Arizona14—1 year out——77Saint Leo UniversitySaint Leo, Florida14$36,3121 year out$39,413$50,406 78Southeastern UniversityLakeland, Florida14$32,3731 year out$33,921$26,121 79Fitchburg State UniversityFitchburg, Massachusetts14$45,6411 year out$53,170$26,352 80University of Minnesota-MorrisMorris, Minnesota14—1 year out——81Queens University of CharlotteCharlotte, North Carolina14—1 year out——82Liberty UniversityLynchburg, Virginia14—1 year out——83George Washington UniversityWashington, District of Columbia13—1 year out$74,786—84Murray State UniversityMurray, Kentucky13—1 year out——85Columbia International UniversityColumbia, South Carolina13—1 year out——86Beacon CollegeLeesburg, Florida13—1 year out——87Empire State UniversitySaratoga Springs, New York12—1 year out——88Lenoir-Rhyne UniversityHickory, North Carolina12$32,7321 year out—$27,000 89University of North TexasDenton, Texas12—1 year out——90Bryant & Stratton College-Virginia BeachVirginia Beach, Virginia12—1 year out——91University of North Texas at DallasDallas, Texas12—1 year out——92California Baptist UniversityRiverside, California11—1 year out——93Elmira CollegeElmira, New York11$35,4371 year out$49,233$27,000 94Ohio University-Main CampusAthens, Ohio11—1 year out——95Shorter UniversityRome, Georgia10$30,1671 year out$37,893$46,320 96Judson UniversityElgin, Illinois9$37,6711 year out$45,064$34,455 97Simpson CollegeIndianola, Iowa9$46,1841 year out——98Anna Maria CollegePaxton, Massachusetts9—1 year out——99Mount Saint Mary CollegeNewburgh, New York9—1 year out$55,974$29,250 100Anderson UniversityAnderson, South Carolina9$34,4781 year out$37,273$42,953

Associate programs — top 100 of 218 colleges by graduates

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Ultimate Medical AcademyClearwater, Florida639$20,6871 year out$25,489$22,310 2Bryant & Stratton College-OnlineOrchard Park, New York145$31,6771 year out—$29,279 3Indiana Wesleyan University-National & GlobalMarion, Indiana95—1 year out——4Delaware Technical Community College-TerryDover, Delaware85$30,9231 year out$36,838$9,240 5Purdue University GlobalWest Lafayette, Indiana77—1 year out$31,875—6Connecticut State Community CollegeNew Britain, Connecticut73—1 year out——7Monroe UniversityBronx, New York67$19,1641 year out—$16,000 8Fresno City CollegeFresno, California55—1 year out$44,145$6,334 9Dutchess Community CollegePoughkeepsie, New York50$24,6221 year out$33,331$14,324 10Southwestern CollegeChula Vista, California49—1 year out——11CUNY Bronx Community CollegeBronx, New York47$36,3381 year out$39,213$8,071 12Community College of VermontMontpelier, Vermont47—1 year out——13Onondaga Community CollegeSyracuse, New York46$27,3661 year out$35,479$12,019 14Santa Ana CollegeSanta Ana, California39—1 year out——15Trident Technical CollegeCharleston, South Carolina39—1 year out——16Cuyamaca CollegeEl Cajon, California35—1 year out$36,631—17Community College of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania35$24,8931 year out$42,554$18,242 18CUNY Stella and Charles Guttman Community CollegeNew York, New York35—1 year out$38,449—19Hudson Valley Community CollegeTroy, New York34$32,8871 year out$39,867$11,925 20CUNY New York City College of TechnologyBrooklyn, New York32—1 year out$44,855—21San Diego City CollegeSan Diego, California31—1 year out$39,525—22UCNJ Union College of Union County New JerseyCranford, New Jersey31—1 year out$47,825$10,942 23Nassau Community CollegeGarden City, New York31$27,5811 year out$47,940$13,569 24Quinsigamond Community CollegeWorcester, Massachusetts30$36,1011 year out$38,212$21,703 25Greenville Technical CollegeGreenville, South Carolina30—1 year out$31,700—26Rasmussen University-FloridaOcala, Florida29$33,8701 year out$35,574$26,882 27Monroe Community CollegeRochester, New York29$26,5711 year out$36,281$17,984 28SUNY Westchester Community CollegeValhalla, New York28—1 year out——29Long Beach City CollegeLong Beach, California27—1 year out——30Central Maine Community CollegeAuburn, Maine27$40,0291 year out$37,181$18,250 31Mohawk Valley Community CollegeUtica, New York27$25,8551 year out—$11,750 32Bluegrass Community and Technical CollegeLexington, Kentucky26—1 year out——33Piedmont Technical CollegeGreenwood, South Carolina26$27,7811 year out$27,346$19,781 34San Bernardino Valley CollegeSan Bernardino, California24—1 year out$37,529—35Harcum CollegeBryn Mawr, Pennsylvania24$26,5581 year out$37,574$23,540 36Tacoma Community CollegeTacoma, Washington24$41,0081 year out—$17,367 37Columbia CollegeColumbia, Missouri23$35,0011 year out$43,516$33,115 38Metropolitan Community College AreaOmaha, Nebraska23$34,3921 year out—$9,728 39Bakersfield CollegeBakersfield, California22—1 year out——40Massasoit Community CollegeBrockton, Massachusetts22—1 year out——41SUNY Broome Community CollegeBinghamton, New York22—1 year out——42Hazard Community and Technical CollegeHazard, Kentucky21—1 year out—$15,500 43Bunker Hill Community CollegeBoston, Massachusetts21—1 year out——44Bryant & Stratton College-Virginia BeachVirginia Beach, Virginia21$31,6771 year out—$29,279 45Suffolk County Community CollegeSelden, New York21—1 year out——46Midlands Technical CollegeWest Columbia, South Carolina20—1 year out$43,039$18,203 47Lake Area Technical CollegeWatertown, South Dakota20$26,7301 year out$31,016$12,000 48Pennsylvania College of TechnologyWilliamsport, Pennsylvania20—1 year out——49American River CollegeSacramento, California19—1 year out——50College of the RedwoodsEureka, California19—1 year out——51Rio Hondo CollegeWhittier, California19—1 year out——52Jefferson Community and Technical CollegeLouisville, Kentucky19—1 year out——53Santa Rosa Junior CollegeSanta Rosa, California18—1 year out——54Quincy CollegeQuincy, Massachusetts18—1 year out——55Rasmussen University-MinnesotaSt. Cloud, Minnesota18$33,8701 year out$35,574$26,882 56Saint Louis Community CollegeBridgeton, Missouri18$34,9311 year out$32,588$15,102 57Ohio Christian UniversityCircleville, Ohio18—1 year out—$27,381 58Folsom Lake CollegeFolsom, California18—1 year out——59Cerritos CollegeNorwalk, California17—1 year out——60Holyoke Community CollegeHolyoke, Massachusetts17—1 year out——61Mount Wachusett Community CollegeGardner, Massachusetts17$22,3701 year out$34,238$8,312 62York County Community CollegeWells, Maine17$29,5991 year out$34,451$10,773 63Cypress CollegeCypress, California16—1 year out——64Big Sandy Community and Technical CollegePrestonsburg, Kentucky16—1 year out—$17,993 65Jamestown Community CollegeJamestown, New York16$21,4301 year out$39,428$10,118 66Portland Community CollegePortland, Oregon16—1 year out——67Westmoreland County Community CollegeYoungwood, Pennsylvania16—1 year out——68Florence-Darlington Technical CollegeFlorence, South Carolina16—1 year out——69Modesto Junior CollegeModesto, California15—1 year out——70Goodwin UniversityEast Hartford, Connecticut15—1 year out——71Elizabethtown Community and Technical CollegeElizabethtown, Kentucky15—1 year out——72Minneapolis Community and Technical CollegeMinneapolis, Minnesota15$29,7621 year out$42,432$39,289 73Atlantic Cape Community CollegeMays Landing, New Jersey15—1 year out—$11,667 74Elmira CollegeElmira, New York15—1 year out——75Tompkins Cortland Community CollegeDryden, New York15—1 year out$25,844—76Blue Ridge Community and Technical CollegeMartinsburg, West Virginia15—1 year out——77Cabrillo CollegeAptos, California14—1 year out——78College of the SequoiasVisalia, California14—1 year out——79Finger Lakes Community CollegeCanandaigua, New York14—1 year out——80Genesee Community CollegeBatavia, New York14—1 year out——81Touro UniversityNew York, New York14—1 year out——82Ulster County Community CollegeStone Ridge, New York14—1 year out——83Kent State University at SalemSalem, Ohio14—1 year out—$29,856 84Moreno Valley CollegeMoreno Valley, California14—1 year out——85Joliet Junior CollegeJoliet, Illinois13—1 year out——86Raritan Valley Community CollegeBranchburg, New Jersey13—1 year out——87Schenectady County Community CollegeSchenectady, New York13—1 year out——88Central Ohio Technical CollegeNewark, Ohio13—1 year out$36,748$14,619 89Harrisburg Area Community CollegeHarrisburg, Pennsylvania13$33,6741 year out$35,931$36,401 90Horry-Georgetown Technical CollegeConway, South Carolina13—1 year out$30,592$35,140 91Napa Valley CollegeNapa, California12—1 year out——92Gateway Community and Technical CollegeFlorence, Kentucky12—1 year out—$21,100 93Eastern Maine Community CollegeBangor, Maine12—1 year out——94Prince George's Community CollegeLargo, Maryland12—1 year out——95Jefferson Community CollegeWatertown, New York12—1 year out——96Angelina CollegeLufkin, Texas12—1 year out——97Northern Wyoming Community College DistrictSheridan, Wyoming12—1 year out——98Mendocino CollegeUkiah, California11—1 year out——99Riverland Community CollegeAustin, Minnesota11—1 year out——100North Hennepin Community CollegeBrooklyn Park, Minnesota11—1 year out——

Certificate programs — top 100 of 105 colleges by graduates

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Tacoma Community CollegeTacoma, Washington50—1 year out——2Purdue University GlobalWest Lafayette, Indiana50$20,5661 year out—$15,532 3Quinsigamond Community CollegeWorcester, Massachusetts31—1 year out—$17,305 4Cerritos CollegeNorwalk, California30—1 year out——5Community College of Rhode IslandWarwick, Rhode Island30—1 year out——6Cochise County Community College DistrictSierra Vista, Arizona29—1 year out——7Portland Community CollegePortland, Oregon28—1 year out——8Mount Wachusett Community CollegeGardner, Massachusetts27—1 year out$35,243$6,550 9Northcentral Technical CollegeWausau, Wisconsin26—1 year out——10Umpqua Community CollegeRoseburg, Oregon23—1 year out——11Moreno Valley CollegeMoreno Valley, California23—1 year out——12Santa Rosa Junior CollegeSanta Rosa, California21—1 year out——13Erie Community CollegeBuffalo, New York21—1 year out——14Lake Area Technical CollegeWatertown, South Dakota19—1 year out——15Northwest Indian CollegeBellingham, Washington19—1 year out——16Cabrillo CollegeAptos, California18—1 year out——17Saint Louis Community CollegeBridgeton, Missouri18—1 year out——18Fresno City CollegeFresno, California17—1 year out——19Saddleback CollegeMission Viejo, California17—1 year out——20Angelina CollegeLufkin, Texas17—1 year out——21Holyoke Community CollegeHolyoke, Massachusetts16—1 year out——22Lansing Community CollegeLansing, Michigan15—1 year out——23Century CollegeWhite Bear Lake, Minnesota15—1 year out——24Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical CollegeCumberland, Kentucky13—1 year out——25Central Carolina Technical CollegeSumter, South Carolina12—1 year out——26Folsom Lake CollegeFolsom, California12—1 year out——27Hazard Community and Technical CollegeHazard, Kentucky11—1 year out——28Solano Community CollegeFairfield, California10—1 year out——29York County Community CollegeWells, Maine10—1 year out——30American River CollegeSacramento, California9—1 year out——31Cerro Coso Community CollegeRidgecrest, California9—1 year out——32Shasta CollegeRedding, California9—1 year out——33Bluegrass Community and Technical CollegeLexington, Kentucky9—1 year out——34Southern Maine Community CollegeSouth Portland, Maine9—1 year out——35Lake Washington Institute of TechnologyKirkland, Washington9—1 year out——36University of Phoenix-ArizonaPhoenix, Arizona9—1 year out$45,408—37Coastline Community CollegeFountain Valley, California8—1 year out——38Contra Costa CollegeSan Pablo, California8—1 year out——39Modesto Junior CollegeModesto, California8—1 year out——40Berkeley City CollegeBerkeley, California8—1 year out——41Washtenaw Community CollegeAnn Arbor, Michigan8—1 year out——42Palomar CollegeSan Marcos, California7—1 year out——43San Bernardino Valley CollegeSan Bernardino, California7—1 year out——44North Iowa Area Community CollegeMason City, Iowa7—1 year out——45Elizabethtown Community and Technical CollegeElizabethtown, Kentucky7—1 year out——46Massachusetts Bay Community CollegeWellesley Hills, Massachusetts7—1 year out——47Oxnard CollegeOxnard, California6—1 year out——48University of Hawaii Maui CollegeKahului, Hawaii6—1 year out——49Cape Cod Community CollegeWest Barnstable, Massachusetts6—1 year out——50Atlantic Cape Community CollegeMays Landing, New Jersey6—1 year out——51Central Ohio Technical CollegeNewark, Ohio6—1 year out——52Community College of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania6—1 year out$40,629—53College of the SiskiyousWeed, California5—1 year out——54Indiana University-IndianapolisIndianapolis, Indiana5—1 year out$44,774—55Madisonville Community CollegeMadisonville, Kentucky5—1 year out——56Chestnut Hill CollegePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania5—1 year out——57Luzerne County Community CollegeNanticoke, Pennsylvania5—1 year out——58Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah5—1 year out——59Honolulu Community CollegeHonolulu, Hawaii4—1 year out——60Elgin Community CollegeElgin, Illinois4—1 year out——61Big Sandy Community and Technical CollegePrestonsburg, Kentucky4—1 year out——62Chabot CollegeHayward, California3—1 year out——63Cypress CollegeCypress, California3—1 year out——64Los Angeles City CollegeLos Angeles, California3—1 year out——65College of the SequoiasVisalia, California3—1 year out——66Turtle Mountain CollegeBelcourt, North Dakota3—1 year out——67Pennsylvania Highlands Community CollegeJohnstown, Pennsylvania3—1 year out——68Urban College of BostonBoston, Massachusetts3—1 year out——69University of Alaska AnchorageAnchorage, Alaska2—1 year out——70Allan Hancock CollegeSanta Maria, California2—1 year out——71Mendocino CollegeUkiah, California2—1 year out——72San Joaquin Delta CollegeStockton, California2—1 year out——73Vincennes UniversityVincennes, Indiana2—1 year out——74Bristol Community CollegeFall River, Massachusetts2—1 year out——75Quincy CollegeQuincy, Massachusetts2—1 year out——76Springfield Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, Massachusetts2—1 year out——77Alexandria Technical & Community CollegeAlexandria, Minnesota2—1 year out——78Rochester Community and Technical CollegeRochester, Minnesota2—1 year out——79Manchester Community CollegeManchester, New Hampshire2—1 year out——80Monroe Community CollegeRochester, New York2—1 year out——81Bismarck State CollegeBismarck, North Dakota2—1 year out——82Edmonds CollegeLynnwood, Washington2—1 year out——83Indiana Wesleyan University-National & GlobalMarion, Indiana2—1 year out——84Columbia CollegeSonora, California1—1 year out——85Cosumnes River CollegeSacramento, California1—1 year out——86Merced CollegeMerced, California1—1 year out——87Merritt CollegeOakland, California1—1 year out——88Napa Valley CollegeNapa, California1—1 year out——89Rio Hondo CollegeWhittier, California1—1 year out——90Ventura CollegeVentura, California1—1 year out——91Metropolitan State University of DenverDenver, Colorado1—1 year out——92Joliet Junior CollegeJoliet, Illinois1—1 year out——93Hopkinsville Community CollegeHopkinsville, Kentucky1—1 year out——94Gateway Community and Technical CollegeFlorence, Kentucky1—1 year out——95Bunker Hill Community CollegeBoston, Massachusetts1—1 year out——96Minneapolis Community and Technical CollegeMinneapolis, Minnesota1—1 year out——97Metropolitan Community College AreaOmaha, Nebraska1—1 year out——98Nashua Community CollegeNashua, New Hampshire1—1 year out——99Northern Wyoming Community College DistrictSheridan, Wyoming1—1 year out——100Bryant & Stratton College-WauwatosaWauwatosa, Wisconsin1$22,8781 year out—$16,248

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).