By major · Human Services
Where can your student actually get into human services?
Human services is the degree for case management, community programs and the social-service side of health care. 176 colleges awarded a bachelor's in it in 2022-23, and only 5 colleges in California are on this page, 3 of them publishing an admit rate into the major. Cal State Fullerton runs the largest California program, with 262 graduates in 2022-23, and admitted 558 of the 626 students who applied for Fall 2025.
At a glance · California
- 5 colleges in California offer a bachelor's human services program; every one of them awarded the degree in 2022-23 (federal IPEDS completions).
- Largest programs by graduates in 2022-23: California State University-Fullerton (262), California State University-Dominguez Hills (100), California State University-Monterey Bay (90).
- Hardest reported gate into the program (only the UC and the CSU publish one): California State University-Fullerton — Human Services/Collaborative Human Services, Fall 2025: 626 applied, 558 admitted (89.1%).
- Highest reported admit rate into the program: California State University-Monterey Bay — 95.3% (193 applied, 184 admitted, Fall 2025).
- Highest median earnings four years after the degree: California State University-Monterey Bay, $56,719.
- Lowest average net price with aid: California State University-Fullerton, $6,555 per year.
All three California campuses that report this major file it as Human Services/Collaborative Human Services, and their first-year rates ran from 89.1% to 95.3% for Fall 2025. A college elsewhere on this page with no rate publishes none. Admits are not enrollees. At most UC programs students are admitted to the campus, not the major. This page as JSON → · All 180 colleges nationwide →
Hardest reported gate
Human Services/Collaborative Human Services, Fall 2025: 626 applied, 558 admitted
Highest reported admit rate
Human Services/Collaborative Human Services, Fall 2025: 193 applied, 184 admitted
Highest earnings, 4 yrs out
median, graduates of this program
Lowest net price with aid
average for aid recipients, per year
Every college, one row each
Colleges with a reported gate into the program come first, hardest first; the rest are sorted by earnings, then by graduates. Degree awarded is the program the college conferred bachelor's degrees in during 2022-23, with the number of graduates (federal IPEDS completions). Program admit rate is the college system's own number for this major (UC Information Center, CSU Chancellor's Office). Net price is the average paid by aid recipients; full price is the cost of attendance. Earnings are federal College Scorecard medians four years after the degree.
| College | Gate into the program | Degree awarded · graduates 2022-23 |
Program admit rate |
Campus admit rate |
Net price with aid |
Full price |
Earnings 4 yrs out |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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California State University-Fullerton
CA · Public · Test-blind
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Human Services/Collaborative Human Services
Fall 2025: 626 applied, 558 admitted
impacted
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Human Services, General
262 graduates
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89.1% | 87% | $6,555 | $18,269 | — |
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California State University-Dominguez Hills
CA · Public · Test-blind
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Human Services/Collaborative Human Services
Fall 2025: 151 applied, 139 admitted
|
Human Services, General
100 graduates
|
92.1% | 91% | $8,615 | $23,191 | — |
|
California State University-Monterey Bay
CA · Public · Test-blind
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Human Services/Collaborative Human Services
Fall 2025: 193 applied, 184 admitted
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Human Services, General
90 graduates
|
95.3% | 95% | $13,663 | $26,987 | $56,719 |
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California Baptist University
CA · Private nonprofit · Test-optional
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Not reported by the college system |
Human Services, General
11 graduates
|
— | 74% | $26,285 | $54,038 | — |
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University of Phoenix-California
CA · Private for-profit
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Not reported by the college system |
Human Services, General
2 graduates
|
— | — | — | — | — |
Sources: UC Information Center ↗ (first-year applicants and admits by major); CSU Chancellor's Office ↗ (applications and admissions by major, first-time freshman and transfer; groups under 10 suppressed); IPEDS Completions ↗ (bachelor's degrees conferred by 6-digit program, 2022-23, first major); federal College Scorecard field-of-study data (earnings, debt); IPEDS (admit rate, net price, cost of attendance). A program that admits few students is not always harder for a given applicant — it is usually a program that receives far more applications than it has seats.
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