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2023 Best Value Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

29 Colleges
$22,869 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,300 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, human resource management was ranked #26 in the country. In fact 12,117 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 29 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for HR students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 the Middle Atlantic Region

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

Top 10 Best Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

La Salle University

Philadelphia, PA

Our analysis found La Salle University to be the best value school for human resource management students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large city of Philadelphia, La Salle is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at La Salle are $1,455 a year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Maryland Global Campus is a great value for human resource management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Adelphi, UMGC is a public school with a very large student population.

UMGC graduate students pay an average of $12,132 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Villanova University

Villanova, PA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Villanova University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Villanova is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Villanova.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Villanova are $21,199 per year.

Villanova also took the #5 spot in our Best Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region rankings.

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#4

Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ

Out of the 29 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Montclair State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Montclair State is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Montclair.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Montclair State are $13,519 a year.

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#5

Mount St Mary's University

Emmitsburg, MD

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Mount St Mary’s University is a great value for human resource management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the fringe town of Emmitsburg, The Mount is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The Mount graduate students pay an average of $13,676 in tuition and fees each year.

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Thomas Edison State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. TESU is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Trenton.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at TESU are $12,024 per year.

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With a ranking of #7, West Chester University of Pennsylvania did quite well on this year’s best value schools for human resource management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of West Chester, WCUPA is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at WCUPA are $16,758 a year.

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#8

La Roche University

Pittsburgh, PA

With a ranking of #8, La Roche University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for human resource management students working on their graduate certificate. La Roche is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Pittsburgh.

La Roche graduate students pay an average of $12,619 in tuition and fees each year.

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#9

Moravian College

Bethlehem, PA

Moravian College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Moravian is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Bethlehem.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Moravian are $17,964 per year.

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#10

George Washington University

Washington, DC

George Washington University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

GWU graduate students pay an average of $32,904 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, GWU also is in the top 15% of our Best Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.

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Best Human Resource Management Colleges by State

Explore the best human resource management schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 701
Pennsylvania 962
Maryland 199
New Jersey 251
District of Columbia 349
Delaware 38

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 25 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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