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2023 Best Human Resource Management Schools in the Plains States Region

30 Colleges
$46,663 Avg Salary
$38,361 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Human Resource Management 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Human Resource Management Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 30 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best Human Resource Management Schools in the Plains States Region

Check out the HR programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best Human Resource Management Schools

Our analysis found Washington University in St Louis to be the best school for human resource management students who want to pursue a degree in the Plains States Region . WUSTL is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a great place for human resource management students. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

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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 Schools in the Plains States Region list. SLU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Louis.

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The excellent programs at Rasmussen University - Minnesota helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best human resource management schools in the Plains States Region . Rasmussen University - Minnesota is a small private for-profit school located in the small city of St. Cloud.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rasmussen University - North Dakota. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Human Resource Management Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the midsize city of Fargo, Rasmussen University - North Dakota is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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#6

Bethel University Minnesota

Saint Paul, MN

Bethel University Minnesota did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for human resource management students. It came in at #6 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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University of Nebraska - Lincoln came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Human Resource Management Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. UNL is a very large public school located in the city of Lincoln.

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Rasmussen University - Kansas ranked #8 on this year’s Best Human Resource Management Schools in the Plains States Region list. Rasmussen University - Kansas is a small private for-profit school located in the rural area of Topeka.

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Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Human Resource Management Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. SMU MN is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Winona.

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#10

Bellevue University

Bellevue, NE

Bellevue University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Human Resource Management Schools in the Plains States Region list. Bellevue University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Bellevue.

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Best Human Resource Management Colleges by State

Explore the best human resource management schools 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 25 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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