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Flexible Human Services Degrees
Strengthen your ability to help others and empower community organizations with an online Human Services degree at Rasmussen University. You’ll gain a variety of interpersonal skills and experience to help you connect with and support others impacted by crisis situations.
With over 20 years of designing and teaching online courses, we’re not new to online education. You can better balance work, life and school with flexible learning option and online mentoring.
Online Empowered Learning® courses allow you to learn by doing real-world projects, manage your pace and stay connected with faculty and peers.
Still curious about Empowered Learning®? Watch this video to learn more.

With Empowered Learning®, you show what you know—at your pace—and stay connected with faculty and peers throughout the course.
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Sometimes, the key to progress in your education is giving you control over how you learn.
And that’s where Empowered Learning® comes in.
In this innovative online learning platform, you learn by doing.
Instead of tests and papers, you create real projects and gain skills you can put to work right away.
You get multiple tries for each project,
To prove that you know what you’re doing—just like real life.
Manage your pace to fit your life,
Because life happens.
Have a busy work week? Or, need more time on a new skill?
With Empowered Learning, you control how fast or slow you go.
You also learn in a supportive community.
Meet one-on-one with your instructor and have group discussions with your classmates.
You’re in this together with your Rasmussen University team.
And we’re here to support you every step of the way.
Giving you the green light with Empowered Learning.
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Find the Right Path for You
Start in the Human Services degree that best fits your educational background. Whichever you choose, we have the student support and career services to help you reach your goals.
The Human Services program is designed for non-licensed positions and does not academically qualify graduates for any state professional license. It is not intended for those seeking employment as a licensed social worker.
Start here if you have a passion for helping others and are entering the field for the first time. You can finish in as few as 18 months with well-rounded skills in empathy, communication with diverse populations, objective and professional writing, and learning to work cohesively with others. After graduation, you can easily ladder up to our Bachelor’s degree.
Designed for those who have their Human Services Associate's degree, you can gain advanced skills with you Bachelor’s degree in as few as 18 months. Strengthen your vast experience and advanced skills for leadership roles. You’re not only communicating with people, but also with the organizations designed to help them.