Bachelor's · Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
Is Human Services, General at Geneva College worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 16.9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $44,450
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $81k (likely $81k – $92k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $5k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in PA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 16.9 years (likely 7.4–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$210k (likely −$295k – −$109k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$135k (likely −$304k – $80k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 63%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Engineering, General (Bachelor's)$75,535
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$70,610
- Human Resources Management and Services (Bachelor's)$70,177
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$63,742
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$62,048
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$60,407
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$52,780
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor's)$49,327
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$49,187
- Psychology, General (Bachelor's)$44,857
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Bachelor's)$44,722
- Communication and Media Studies (Bachelor's)$42,458
Human Services, General at other schools in Pennsylvania
- University of Scranton$52,172
- Elizabethtown College$51,224
- Lincoln University$50,390
- Chestnut Hill College$48,375
- Lancaster Bible College$42,735
- Pennsylvania College of Technology$41,244