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2023 Best Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

14 Colleges
$47,300 Avg Salary
$21,385 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate School for You

Human Resource Management is the #26 most popular major in the country with 12,117 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in the Plains States Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top 10 Best Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Washington University in St Louis the best school in the Plains States Region for human resource management students working on their graduate certificate. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.

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#2

Bethel University Minnesota

Saint Paul, MN

Out of the 14 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bethel University Minnesota landed the # 2 spot on the list. Bethel University Minnesota is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Paul.

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#3

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, MO

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Saint Louis University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. SLU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Saint Louis.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. SMU MN is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Winona.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Nebraska - Lincoln helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best human resource management schools in the Plains States Region . UNL is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lincoln.

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#6

Park University

Parkville, MO

Park University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for human resource management students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the suburb of Parkville, Park University is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

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University of Nebraska at Omaha ranked #7 on this year’s Best Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the large city of Omaha, UNOMAHA is a public college with a large student population.

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#8

Upper Iowa University

Fayette, IA

Upper Iowa University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate human resource management programs. UIU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Fayette.

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#9

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Capella University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Capella University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the city of Minneapolis.

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The College of Saint Scholastica did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for human resource management students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. St. Scholastica is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Duluth.

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Best Human Resource Management Colleges by State

Explore the best human resource management colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 426
Minnesota 745
Iowa 50
Kansas 112
Nebraska 157
North Dakota 3
South Dakota 13

One of 20 majors within the area of study, human resource management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to HR

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 131,555
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 31,701
Accounting 19,309
General Business/Commerce 9,137
Finance & Financial Management 5,784

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 14 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Arunkumar Umapathy.

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