Is a Human Services, General degree worth it?
Across 73 schools, graduates of Human Services, General earn a median $44,928 five years out on $25,000 of debt — most often working as Social and Human Service Assistants. Every figure is a real, published federal number.
Median 5-yr pay
$44,928
Median debt
$25,000
Years to pay off
5.7
at 10% of pay
AI task exposure
39%
GPT-4-era overlap
10-yr job growth
+6.2%
BLS 2024–2034
Gender pay gap
10.5%
$50,887 vs $45,530
Net price
$19,735/yr
Debt-test failures
34.3%
of programs
'Real' premium
−$14,011
vs avg, adjusted
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Explore Human Services, General in full →Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, BLS OEWS, O*NET, AI-exposure measures (Eloundou/AIOE), Zillow. Earnings reflect federally-aided graduates; see the full story for methodology and limitations.