Quick answer:3 colleges within 100 miles of Plattsburgh, New York award a human services degree, the nearest about 3 miles away (IPEDS Completions, 2024).
Human Services Program Access Near Plattsburgh, New York
Distance from Plattsburgh
Colleges awarding this degree
Within 25 miles
1
Within 50 miles
2
Within 100 miles
3
Within 250 miles
51
Source: IPEDS Completions, 2024, counting institutions that reported awarding this degree, joined to IPEDS institution coordinates. Distances are straight-line.
Access around Plattsburgh is thinner than in the larger New York metros. The nearest college awarding this degree is roughly 3 miles away and 3 sit within 100 miles, which is the case where an online or low-residency program earns its keep.
Choosing A Human Services Program From Plattsburgh
The subject matter does not change by location: case management, human development, interviewing and documentation, ethics and confidentiality, community resources, and supervised field placement. What changes is how you take it. Ask each college whether the program holds accreditation from the Council for Standards in Human Service Education (CSHSE), how much of the coursework is delivered online, and which components require you on campus. Credit transfer is decided by the receiving institution and genuinely varies, so request a written transfer evaluation before you enroll.
Colleges Near Plattsburgh
How we rank schools – graduation rate, graduate earnings, cost and retention.
Advertising plays no part.
This page lists 10 schools
within 142 miles, nearest first in 25-mile
distance bands, then by BOC Score inside each band with the highest at the top.
10 of them carry a score.
LOCAL RANK
Location / proximity to this page
Defines the local group
Graduation rate how often students finish
30%
Median earnings, 10 years after entry whether it paid off
25%
Average net price what students actually pay after aid; lower ranks higher
20%
Retention rate how many come back for year two
15%
Fully online availability whether you can study while working
10%
Scores come from IPEDS (2024) and the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
Earnings are for all graduates of a school, not one program, so treat them as a signal
about the institution rather than about this subject.
Sponsored listings are paid placements and are labelled as such; they are separate from
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What Social and Community Service Managers Earn in New York
Social and Community Service Managers in New York earn a median $95,980 per year against $80,390 nationally (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
The New York median for social and community service managers is $95,980 per year, above the national median of $80,390, on state employment of 19,340 (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
These are statewide figures. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish wages at city level, so no page can tell you what this job pays in Plattsburgh specifically. For the metro-level picture where it is published, and the full percentile spread, see the New York page.
U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS Completions, 2024 - institutions awarding this degree, with IPEDS institution coordinates
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 - Social and Community Service Managers (SOC 11-9151)
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