Southeastern University Human Services (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Human Services, General
- Private nonprofit university
- Lakeland, FL
- About 14 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Southeastern University human services graduates earn less than graduates of most human services programs nationally, $32,373 in their first year. Where this program stands out is debt. The typical graduate leaves with $26,121 in federal loans, less than at 77% of human services programs in the country. Debt is low, but pay is also below the Florida median of $36,107.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Florida and national columns are the medians across all human services bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Southeastern University graduates earn less than the national figure and about $5,423 less than the Florida median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Florida human services program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Florida medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 5% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $277 a month, or 10.3% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
Prices in the Lakeland area are about 3% below the national average, so a $32,373 salary here buys what about $33,326 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to human services, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Social and Human Service Assistants
$44,410Median pay in Florida. 22,670 people work in this job in Florida. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 7% from 2025 to 2035, with about 48,900 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent.
Social and Community Service Managers
$76,050Median pay in Florida. 8,600 people work in this job in Florida. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 7% from 2025 to 2035, with about 18,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.
About Southeastern University
Human Services ranks 9th of 14 bachelor's programs at Southeastern University by first-year earnings. The top three are Nursing ($70,612), Subject-Area Teacher Education ($47,966), and Teacher Education ($42,582).
Other human services bachelor's programs near Lakeland
Common questions
The median graduate earns $32,373 one year after graduating and $33,921 five years after. The median across human services bachelor's programs in Florida is $36,107.
The median federal loan balance is $26,121, which ranks 2nd lowest of 5 human services bachelor's programs in Florida. That works out to about $277 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 81% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 83%. If the highest possible early salary is the main goal, several Florida programs report higher pay, usually with more debt.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Florida comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the human services program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024