2025 Best Human Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in human services, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #68 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Human Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 141 bachelor's degrees in human services during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to human services students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other human services students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for human services to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized human services related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for human services students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Human Services Schools

The human services school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Human Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Human Services in North Carolina

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for human services students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top North Carolina Schools for a Bachelor's in Human Services

1

Wingate University
Wingate, NC

32 Annual Graduates

$32,843 Median Starting Salary

$28,566 Median Student Debt

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in human services needs to take a look at Wingate University. Located in the suburb of Wingate, Wingate is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the human services program make about $32,843 in the first couple years of working.

More information about a bachelor’s in human services from Wingate University

2

Lenoir - Rhyne University
Hickory, NC

12 Annual Graduates

$32,732 Median Starting Salary

Lenoir - Rhyne University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in human services. Located in the city of Hickory, Lenoir - Rhyne University is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the human services program earn an average of $32,732 for their early career.

More information about a bachelor’s in human services from Lenoir - Rhyne University

Best Human Services Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Human Services Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	225	551
Georgia	224	181
Tennessee	220	79
Virginia	213	36
South Carolina	195	44
Kentucky	187	246
Alabama	184	87
Arkansas	167	2

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Human Services Related Rankings by Major

One of 4 majors within the Public Administration & Social Service area of study, Human Services has other similar majors worth exploring.

Human Services Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Human Services	141

Majors Similar to Human Services

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Public Policy	301
Public Administration	124
Other Public Administration	15
Community Organization & Advocacy	7

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to University of the Fraser Valley. More about our data sources and methodologies.