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2023 Best Value Human Resource Management Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

51 Colleges
$18,131 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$56,826 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Human Resource Management Master's Degree 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Human Resource Management Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 51 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which master'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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for HR majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top 10 Best Human Resource Management Master's Degree 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 master’s degree in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large city of Philadelphia, La Salle is a private not-for-profit college 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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#2

McDaniel College

Westminster, MD

Out of the 51 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, McDaniel College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small suburb of Westminster, McDaniel 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 McDaniel are $9,568 a year.

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#3

University of Scranton

Scranton, PA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Scranton is a great value for human resource management students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Scranton, University of Scranton is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Scranton are $11,630 per year.

University of Scranton also claimed a spot on our Best Human Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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#4

Villanova University

Villanova, PA

The excellent master’s degree programs at Villanova University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value human resource management schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Villanova is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Villanova.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Villanova are $21,199 a year.

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

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#5

Wilmington University

New Castle, DE

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wilmington University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Human Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large suburb of New Castle, Wilmington University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Wilmington University are $9,060 a year.

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#6

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Cornell University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Human Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Ithaca.

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

Cornell also took the #2 spot in our Best Human Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region rankings.

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#7

Holy Family University

Philadelphia, PA

Holy Family University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree human resource management programs. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Holy Family 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 Holy Family are $12,181 a year.

Full Human Resource Management at Holy Family University Report

#8

Saint Joseph's University

Philadelphia, PA

Saint Joseph’s University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree human resource management programs. St. Joe's is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at St. Joe’s are $18,144 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, St. Joe’s is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Human Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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West Chester University of Pennsylvania did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for human resource management students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the suburb of West Chester, WCUPA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WCUPA are $16,758 per year.

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#10

La Roche University

Pittsburgh, PA

With a ranking of #10, La Roche University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for human resource management students working on their master’s degree. La Roche is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Pittsburgh.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at La Roche are $12,619 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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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