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2023 Best Value Human Resource Management Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$31,343 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$90,067 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 923 degrees and certificates were awarded to human resource management students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #13 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Human Resource Management Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Illinois 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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Human Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois

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

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Human Resource Management

Our 2023 rankings named University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign the best value school in Illinois for human resource management students working on their doctor’s degree. UIUC is a very large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIUC are $17,823 per year.

UIUC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Human Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.

Full Human Resource Management at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Report

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Benedictine University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value human resource management schools in Illinois. Located in the large suburb of Lisle, Benedictine U is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Benedictine U are $19,640 per year.

Full Human Resource Management at Benedictine University Report

#3

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Human Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Northwestern are $56,567 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Northwestern is ranked #1 for overall quality for HR in Illinois.

Full Human Resource Management at Northwestern University Report

Best Value Human Resource Management Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Human Resource Management Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 325
Ohio 244
Indiana 128
Wisconsin 85

Human Resource Management is one of 20 different types of programs to choose from.

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 3 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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