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2023 Best Value Human Resource Management Doctor's Degree Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

18 Colleges
$26,765 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$90,067 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Human Resource Management Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 12,117 people earned a degree or certificate in human resource management, making the major the #26 most popular in the United States.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Human Resource Management Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 18 schools in the United States to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for HR students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Human Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

Check out the HR doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Human Resource Management Doctor's Degree Schools

#1

Bellevue University

Bellevue, NE

Our 2023 rankings named Bellevue University the best value school in the United States for human resource management students working on their doctor’s degree. Bellevue University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Bellevue.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Bellevue University are $11,730 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Bellevue University is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Human Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

Full Human Resource Management at Bellevue University Report

#3

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Cornell University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value human resource management schools in the United States. Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cornell are $30,006 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Cornell is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Human Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

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#4

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Capella University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value human resource management schools in the United States. Capella University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

Capella University graduate students pay an average of $14,784 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of North Texas is a great value for human resource management students working on their doctor’s degree. UNT is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Denton.

UNT graduate students pay an average of $15,600 in tuition and fees each year.

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Benedictine University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for human resource management students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Benedictine U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Lisle.

Benedictine U graduate students pay an average of $19,640 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree human resource management programs. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UIUC are $30,862 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UIUC also is in the top 10% of our Best Human Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking.

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#8

Alvernia University

Reading, PA

With a ranking of #8, Alvernia University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for human resource management students working on their doctor’s degree. Alvernia is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Reading.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Alvernia are $16,130 per year.

Full Human Resource Management at Alvernia University Report

George Washington University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for human resource management students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at GWU are $32,904 per year.

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#10

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

Boston College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Human Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Boston College is a large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Chestnut Hill.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Boston College are $32,722 per year.

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Human Resource Management by Region

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New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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 18 schools only.

  • 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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