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 graduate earnings

1Goodwin UniversityEast Hartford, Connecticut$51,6591 year out2Simpson CollegeIndianola, Iowa$46,1841 year out3Northeastern UniversityBoston, Massachusetts$45,7991 year out4Northeastern University Professional ProgramsBoston, Massachusetts$45,7991 year out5Metropolitan State UniversitySaint Paul, Minnesota$45,7511 year out6Fitchburg State UniversityFitchburg, Massachusetts$45,6411 year out7Cambridge CollegeBoston, Massachusetts$44,2871 year out8Colorado State University GlobalDenver, Colorado$43,3361 year out9St. Joseph's University-New YorkBrooklyn, New York$43,1051 year out10CUNY New York City College of TechnologyBrooklyn, New York$42,8391 year out11Metropolitan State University of DenverDenver, Colorado$41,9381 year out12Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, New York$41,5511 year out13Post UniversityWaterbury, Connecticut$41,1241 year out14Touro UniversityNew York, New York$41,0211 year out15Grand View UniversityDes Moines, Iowa$40,7501 year out16Chestnut Hill CollegePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$40,3361 year out17Indiana Institute of Technology-College of Professional StudiesFort Wayne, Indiana$40,1801 year out18Indiana Institute of TechnologyFort Wayne, Indiana$40,1801 year out19Rasmussen University-FloridaOcala, Florida$40,1251 year out20Rasmussen University-MinnesotaSt. Cloud, Minnesota$40,1251 year out21Rasmussen University-North DakotaFargo, North Dakota$40,1251 year out22Rasmussen University-IllinoisRockford, Illinois$40,1251 year out23Rasmussen University-WisconsinGreen Bay, Wisconsin$40,1251 year out24Rasmussen University-KansasTopeka, Kansas$40,1251 year out25University of Phoenix-ArizonaPhoenix, Arizona$39,5541 year out26Western Washington UniversityBellingham, Washington$39,4871 year out27Upper Iowa UniversityFayette, Iowa$39,3891 year out28Florida State College at JacksonvilleJacksonville, Florida$39,1731 year out29University of BaltimoreBaltimore, Maryland$39,0991 year out30Doane UniversityCrete, Nebraska$38,6131 year out31Southern New Hampshire UniversityManchester, New Hampshire$38,4611 year out32Judson UniversityElgin, Illinois$37,6711 year out33Columbia CollegeColumbia, Missouri$37,5711 year out34California State University-Monterey BaySeaside, California$37,5011 year out35Indiana Wesleyan University-National & GlobalMarion, Indiana$37,3661 year out36Indiana Wesleyan University-MarionMarion, Indiana$37,3661 year out37Mercy UniversityDobbs Ferry, New York$37,2741 year out38Monroe UniversityBronx, New York$36,9401 year out39Central Washington UniversityEllensburg, Washington$36,6441 year out40Towson UniversityTowson, Maryland$36,6161 year out41Walden UniversityMinneapolis, Minnesota$36,4921 year out42Missouri Baptist UniversitySaint Louis, Missouri$36,3651 year out43Saint Leo UniversitySaint Leo, Florida$36,3121 year out44Indian River State CollegeFort Pierce, Florida$36,1071 year out45Purdue University GlobalWest Lafayette, Indiana$36,0201 year out46Pennsylvania College of TechnologyWilliamsport, Pennsylvania$35,7871 year out47University of OregonEugene, Oregon$35,6781 year out48Elmira CollegeElmira, New York$35,4371 year out49Grand Canyon UniversityPhoenix, Arizona$35,4331 year out50Fisher CollegeBoston, Massachusetts$35,2891 year out51Grace Christian UniversityWyoming, Michigan$35,2051 year out52Ottawa University-Kansas CityOverland Park, Kansas$35,1681 year out53Ottawa University-OnlineOverland Park, Kansas$35,1681 year out54Ottawa University-MilwaukeeBrookfield, Wisconsin$35,1681 year out55Ottawa University-OttawaOttawa, Kansas$35,1681 year out56Ottawa University-SurpriseSurprise, Arizona$35,1681 year out57Lees-McRae CollegeBanner Elk, North Carolina$34,8111 year out58Anderson UniversityAnderson, South Carolina$34,4781 year out59Lincoln UniversityLincoln University, Pennsylvania$34,3741 year out60University of Nevada-Las VegasLas Vegas, Nevada$34,3591 year out61University of North GeorgiaDahlonega, Georgia$34,0321 year out62Bluefield UniversityBluefield, Virginia$33,8081 year out63Lancaster Bible CollegeLancaster, Pennsylvania$33,6641 year out64Gordon State CollegeBarnesville, Georgia$33,6481 year out65University of South FloridaTampa, Florida$33,3511 year out66Wayland Baptist UniversityPlainview, Texas$33,0821 year out67University of the CumberlandsWilliamsburg, Kentucky$32,9381 year out68Wingate UniversityWingate, North Carolina$32,8431 year out69University of DelawareNewark, Delaware$32,8121 year out70Lenoir-Rhyne UniversityHickory, North Carolina$32,7321 year out71Quincy UniversityQuincy, Illinois$32,7261 year out72East Tennessee State UniversityJohnson City, Tennessee$32,4371 year out73Southeastern UniversityLakeland, Florida$32,3731 year out74Southern Wesleyan UniversityCentral, South Carolina$32,2901 year out75East Central UniversityAda, Oklahoma$32,0831 year out76Drury University-College of Continuing Professional StudiesSpringfield, Missouri$30,5641 year out77Drury UniversitySpringfield, Missouri$30,5641 year out78Kennesaw State UniversityKennesaw, Georgia$30,4371 year out79Shorter UniversityRome, Georgia$30,1671 year out80Lindsey Wilson UniversityColumbia, Kentucky$29,3181 year out81Northern Illinois UniversityDekalb, Illinois$29,0621 year out82California State University-FullertonFullerton, California—1 year out83CUNY John Jay College of Criminal JusticeNew York, New York—1 year out84California State University-Dominguez HillsCarson, California—1 year out85Troy UniversityTroy, Alabama—1 year out86Palm Beach State CollegeLake Worth, Florida—1 year out87University of Wisconsin-OshkoshOshkosh, Wisconsin—1 year out88University of Northern ColoradoGreeley, Colorado—1 year out89Buena Vista UniversityStorm Lake, Iowa—1 year out90University of Colorado Colorado SpringsColorado Springs, Colorado—1 year out91Bryant & Stratton College-OnlineOrchard Park, New York—1 year out92Boricua CollegeNew York, New York—1 year out93University of New Hampshire College of Professional Studies OnlineManchester, New Hampshire—1 year out94Purdue University Fort WayneFort Wayne, Indiana—1 year out95York College of PennsylvaniaYork, Pennsylvania—1 year out96Evangel University-College of Online LearningSpringfield, Missouri—1 year out97Elon UniversityElon, North Carolina—1 year out98University of ScrantonScranton, Pennsylvania—1 year out99University of BridgeportBridgeport, Connecticut—1 year out100Mercer UniversityMacon, Georgia—1 year out

Associate programs — top 100 of 218 colleges by graduate earnings

1Tacoma Community CollegeTacoma, Washington$41,0081 year out2Century CollegeWhite Bear Lake, Minnesota$41,0071 year out3University of Phoenix-ArizonaPhoenix, Arizona$40,8941 year out4Central Maine Community CollegeAuburn, Maine$40,0291 year out5CUNY Bronx Community CollegeBronx, New York$36,3381 year out6Quinsigamond Community CollegeWorcester, Massachusetts$36,1011 year out7Mitchell Technical CollegeMitchell, South Dakota$35,0701 year out8Columbia CollegeColumbia, Missouri$35,0011 year out9Saint Louis Community CollegeBridgeton, Missouri$34,9311 year out10Metropolitan Community College AreaOmaha, Nebraska$34,3921 year out11Rasmussen University-FloridaOcala, Florida$33,8701 year out12Rasmussen University-MinnesotaSt. Cloud, Minnesota$33,8701 year out13Rasmussen University-IllinoisRockford, Illinois$33,8701 year out14Rasmussen University-WisconsinGreen Bay, Wisconsin$33,8701 year out15Rasmussen University-North DakotaFargo, North Dakota$33,8701 year out16Rasmussen University-KansasTopeka, Kansas$33,8701 year out17Harrisburg Area Community CollegeHarrisburg, Pennsylvania$33,6741 year out18Hudson Valley Community CollegeTroy, New York$32,8871 year out19Bryant & Stratton College-OnlineOrchard Park, New York$31,6771 year out20Bryant & Stratton College-Virginia BeachVirginia Beach, Virginia$31,6771 year out21Bryant & Stratton College-WauwatosaWauwatosa, Wisconsin$31,6771 year out22Bryant & Stratton College-ParmaParma, Ohio$31,6771 year out23Bryant & Stratton College-BuffaloBuffalo, New York$31,6771 year out24Delaware Technical Community College-TerryDover, Delaware$30,9231 year out25Fulton-Montgomery Community CollegeJohnstown, New York$30,0751 year out26Minneapolis Community and Technical CollegeMinneapolis, Minnesota$29,7621 year out27York County Community CollegeWells, Maine$29,5991 year out28Piedmont Technical CollegeGreenwood, South Carolina$27,7811 year out29Nassau Community CollegeGarden City, New York$27,5811 year out30Onondaga Community CollegeSyracuse, New York$27,3661 year out31Lake Area Technical CollegeWatertown, South Dakota$26,7301 year out32Monroe Community CollegeRochester, New York$26,5711 year out33Harcum CollegeBryn Mawr, Pennsylvania$26,5581 year out34Mohawk Valley Community CollegeUtica, New York$25,8551 year out35Community College of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$24,8931 year out36Dutchess Community CollegePoughkeepsie, New York$24,6221 year out37Mount Wachusett Community CollegeGardner, Massachusetts$22,3701 year out38Jamestown Community CollegeJamestown, New York$21,4301 year out39Ultimate Medical AcademyClearwater, Florida$20,6871 year out40Monroe UniversityBronx, New York$19,1641 year out41Indiana Wesleyan University-National & GlobalMarion, Indiana—1 year out42Purdue University GlobalWest Lafayette, Indiana—1 year out43Connecticut State Community CollegeNew Britain, Connecticut—1 year out44Fresno City CollegeFresno, California—1 year out45Southwestern CollegeChula Vista, California—1 year out46Community College of VermontMontpelier, Vermont—1 year out47Santa Ana CollegeSanta Ana, California—1 year out48Trident Technical CollegeCharleston, South Carolina—1 year out49Cuyamaca CollegeEl Cajon, California—1 year out50CUNY Stella and Charles Guttman Community CollegeNew York, New York—1 year out51CUNY New York City College of TechnologyBrooklyn, New York—1 year out52San Diego City CollegeSan Diego, California—1 year out53UCNJ Union College of Union County New JerseyCranford, New Jersey—1 year out54Greenville Technical CollegeGreenville, South Carolina—1 year out55SUNY Westchester Community CollegeValhalla, New York—1 year out56Long Beach City CollegeLong Beach, California—1 year out57Bluegrass Community and Technical CollegeLexington, Kentucky—1 year out58San Bernardino Valley CollegeSan Bernardino, California—1 year out59Bakersfield CollegeBakersfield, California—1 year out60Massasoit Community CollegeBrockton, Massachusetts—1 year out61SUNY Broome Community CollegeBinghamton, New York—1 year out62Hazard Community and Technical CollegeHazard, Kentucky—1 year out63Bunker Hill Community CollegeBoston, Massachusetts—1 year out64Suffolk County Community CollegeSelden, New York—1 year out65Midlands Technical CollegeWest Columbia, South Carolina—1 year out66Pennsylvania College of TechnologyWilliamsport, Pennsylvania—1 year out67American River CollegeSacramento, California—1 year out68College of the RedwoodsEureka, California—1 year out69Rio Hondo CollegeWhittier, California—1 year out70Jefferson Community and Technical CollegeLouisville, Kentucky—1 year out71Santa Rosa Junior CollegeSanta Rosa, California—1 year out72Quincy CollegeQuincy, Massachusetts—1 year out73Ohio Christian UniversityCircleville, Ohio—1 year out74Folsom Lake CollegeFolsom, California—1 year out75Cerritos CollegeNorwalk, California—1 year out76Holyoke Community CollegeHolyoke, Massachusetts—1 year out77Cypress CollegeCypress, California—1 year out78Big Sandy Community and Technical CollegePrestonsburg, Kentucky—1 year out79Portland Community CollegePortland, Oregon—1 year out80Westmoreland County Community CollegeYoungwood, Pennsylvania—1 year out81Florence-Darlington Technical CollegeFlorence, South Carolina—1 year out82Modesto Junior CollegeModesto, California—1 year out83Goodwin UniversityEast Hartford, Connecticut—1 year out84Elizabethtown Community and Technical CollegeElizabethtown, Kentucky—1 year out85Atlantic Cape Community CollegeMays Landing, New Jersey—1 year out86Elmira CollegeElmira, New York—1 year out87Tompkins Cortland Community CollegeDryden, New York—1 year out88Blue Ridge Community and Technical CollegeMartinsburg, West Virginia—1 year out89Cabrillo CollegeAptos, California—1 year out90College of the SequoiasVisalia, California—1 year out91Finger Lakes Community CollegeCanandaigua, New York—1 year out92Genesee Community CollegeBatavia, New York—1 year out93Touro UniversityNew York, New York—1 year out94Ulster County Community CollegeStone Ridge, New York—1 year out95Kent State University at SalemSalem, Ohio—1 year out96Moreno Valley CollegeMoreno Valley, California—1 year out97Joliet Junior CollegeJoliet, Illinois—1 year out98Raritan Valley Community CollegeBranchburg, New Jersey—1 year out99Schenectady County Community CollegeSchenectady, New York—1 year out100Central Ohio Technical CollegeNewark, Ohio—1 year out

Certificate programs — top 100 of 105 colleges by graduate earnings

1Bryant & Stratton College-WauwatosaWauwatosa, Wisconsin$22,8781 year out2Bryant & Stratton College-OnlineOrchard Park, New York$22,8781 year out3Bryant & Stratton College-ParmaParma, Ohio$22,8781 year out4Bryant & Stratton College-Virginia BeachVirginia Beach, Virginia$22,8781 year out5Bryant & Stratton College-BuffaloBuffalo, New York$22,8781 year out6Purdue University GlobalWest Lafayette, Indiana$20,5661 year out7Tacoma Community CollegeTacoma, Washington—1 year out8Quinsigamond Community CollegeWorcester, Massachusetts—1 year out9Cerritos CollegeNorwalk, California—1 year out10Community College of Rhode IslandWarwick, Rhode Island—1 year out11Cochise County Community College DistrictSierra Vista, Arizona—1 year out12Portland Community CollegePortland, Oregon—1 year out13Mount Wachusett Community CollegeGardner, Massachusetts—1 year out14Northcentral Technical CollegeWausau, Wisconsin—1 year out15Umpqua Community CollegeRoseburg, Oregon—1 year out16Moreno Valley CollegeMoreno Valley, California—1 year out17Santa Rosa Junior CollegeSanta Rosa, California—1 year out18Erie Community CollegeBuffalo, New York—1 year out19Lake Area Technical CollegeWatertown, South Dakota—1 year out20Northwest Indian CollegeBellingham, Washington—1 year out21Cabrillo CollegeAptos, California—1 year out22Saint Louis Community CollegeBridgeton, Missouri—1 year out23Fresno City CollegeFresno, California—1 year out24Saddleback CollegeMission Viejo, California—1 year out25Angelina CollegeLufkin, Texas—1 year out26Holyoke Community CollegeHolyoke, Massachusetts—1 year out27Lansing Community CollegeLansing, Michigan—1 year out28Century CollegeWhite Bear Lake, Minnesota—1 year out29Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical CollegeCumberland, Kentucky—1 year out30Central Carolina Technical CollegeSumter, South Carolina—1 year out31Folsom Lake CollegeFolsom, California—1 year out32Hazard Community and Technical CollegeHazard, Kentucky—1 year out33Solano Community CollegeFairfield, California—1 year out34York County Community CollegeWells, Maine—1 year out35American River CollegeSacramento, California—1 year out36Cerro Coso Community CollegeRidgecrest, California—1 year out37Shasta CollegeRedding, California—1 year out38Bluegrass Community and Technical CollegeLexington, Kentucky—1 year out39Southern Maine Community CollegeSouth Portland, Maine—1 year out40Lake Washington Institute of TechnologyKirkland, Washington—1 year out41University of Phoenix-ArizonaPhoenix, Arizona—1 year out42Coastline Community CollegeFountain Valley, California—1 year out43Contra Costa CollegeSan Pablo, California—1 year out44Modesto Junior CollegeModesto, California—1 year out45Berkeley City CollegeBerkeley, California—1 year out46Washtenaw Community CollegeAnn Arbor, Michigan—1 year out47Palomar CollegeSan Marcos, California—1 year out48San Bernardino Valley CollegeSan Bernardino, California—1 year out49North Iowa Area Community CollegeMason City, Iowa—1 year out50Elizabethtown Community and Technical CollegeElizabethtown, Kentucky—1 year out51Massachusetts Bay Community CollegeWellesley Hills, Massachusetts—1 year out52Oxnard CollegeOxnard, California—1 year out53University of Hawaii Maui CollegeKahului, Hawaii—1 year out54Cape Cod Community CollegeWest Barnstable, Massachusetts—1 year out55Atlantic Cape Community CollegeMays Landing, New Jersey—1 year out56Central Ohio Technical CollegeNewark, Ohio—1 year out57Community College of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania—1 year out58College of the SiskiyousWeed, California—1 year out59Indiana University-IndianapolisIndianapolis, Indiana—1 year out60Madisonville Community CollegeMadisonville, Kentucky—1 year out61Chestnut Hill CollegePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania—1 year out62Luzerne County Community CollegeNanticoke, Pennsylvania—1 year out63Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah—1 year out64Honolulu Community CollegeHonolulu, Hawaii—1 year out65Elgin Community CollegeElgin, Illinois—1 year out66Big Sandy Community and Technical CollegePrestonsburg, Kentucky—1 year out67Chabot CollegeHayward, California—1 year out68Cypress CollegeCypress, California—1 year out69Los Angeles City CollegeLos Angeles, California—1 year out70College of the SequoiasVisalia, California—1 year out71Turtle Mountain CollegeBelcourt, North Dakota—1 year out72Pennsylvania Highlands Community CollegeJohnstown, Pennsylvania—1 year out73Urban College of BostonBoston, Massachusetts—1 year out74University of Alaska AnchorageAnchorage, Alaska—1 year out75Allan Hancock CollegeSanta Maria, California—1 year out76Mendocino CollegeUkiah, California—1 year out77San Joaquin Delta CollegeStockton, California—1 year out78Vincennes UniversityVincennes, Indiana—1 year out79Bristol Community CollegeFall River, Massachusetts—1 year out80Quincy CollegeQuincy, Massachusetts—1 year out81Springfield Technical Community CollegeSpringfield, Massachusetts—1 year out82Alexandria Technical & Community CollegeAlexandria, Minnesota—1 year out83Rochester Community and Technical CollegeRochester, Minnesota—1 year out84Manchester Community CollegeManchester, New Hampshire—1 year out85Monroe Community CollegeRochester, New York—1 year out86Bismarck State CollegeBismarck, North Dakota—1 year out87Edmonds CollegeLynnwood, Washington—1 year out88Indiana Wesleyan University-National & GlobalMarion, Indiana—1 year out89Columbia CollegeSonora, California—1 year out90Cosumnes River CollegeSacramento, California—1 year out91Merced CollegeMerced, California—1 year out92Merritt CollegeOakland, California—1 year out93Napa Valley CollegeNapa, California—1 year out94Rio Hondo CollegeWhittier, California—1 year out95Ventura CollegeVentura, California—1 year out96Metropolitan State University of DenverDenver, Colorado—1 year out97Joliet Junior CollegeJoliet, Illinois—1 year out98Hopkinsville Community CollegeHopkinsville, Kentucky—1 year out99Gateway Community and Technical CollegeFlorence, Kentucky—1 year out100Bunker Hill Community CollegeBoston, Massachusetts—1 year out

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 (—).