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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$19,679 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. 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 the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 7 schools in the Southwest 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 Southwest Region

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

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

Our analysis found University of Phoenix - Arizona to be the best value school for human resource management students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southwest Region . Located in the large city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

UOPX - Arizona graduate students pay an average of $16,153 in tuition and fees each year.

UOPX - Arizona also claimed a spot on our Best Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $24,106 a year.

Texas A&M College Station not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Texas Tech University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value human resource management schools in the Southwest Region . Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

Texas Tech graduate students pay an average of $17,698 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Texas Tech also did well on our Best Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Out of the 7 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the # 4 spot on the list. OSU is a very large public school located in the town of Stillwater.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at OSU are $24,175 per year.

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#5

Mid-America Christian University

Oklahoma City, OK

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Mid-America Christian University is a great value for human resource management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Oklahoma City, MACU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

MACU graduate students pay an average of $15,312 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public college with a very large student population.

University of Oklahoma graduate students pay an average of $23,876 in tuition and fees each year.

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American InterContinental University - Online came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the rural area of Schaumburg, AIU Online is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at AIU Online are $12,904 a year.

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Best Human Resource Management Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 515
Arizona 552
Oklahoma 179
New Mexico 8

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 7 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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