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2023 Best Value Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$23,446 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,300 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate 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.

The Best Value Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Illinois to see which graduate certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

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

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Human Resource Management

#1

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

Our analysis found Concordia University, Chicago to be the best value school for human resource management students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Illinois. Located in the suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Concordia University, Chicago are $9,378 a year.

Read full report on Human Resource Management at Concordia University, Chicago

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of St Francis. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. Located in the suburb of Joliet, University of Saint Francis is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

University of Saint Francis graduate students pay an average of $13,839 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

University of Saint Francis also took the #3 spot in our Best Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois rankings.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Loyola University Chicago helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value human resource management schools in Illinois. Loyola Chicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Loyola Chicago are $19,894 per year.

Full Human Resource Management at Loyola University Chicago Report

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means DeVry University - Illinois is a great value for human resource management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Chicago, DeVry University - Illinois is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at DeVry University - Illinois are $17,552 a year.

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#5

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Northwestern University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value human resource management schools in Illinois. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small 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.

Read full report on Human Resource Management at Northwestern University

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 5 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.

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