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2023 Most Popular Online Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

13 Colleges
$47,300 Avg Salary
$21,385 Avg Student Debt

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.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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 Most Popular Online Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 13 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for HR majors pursuing an online graduate certificate.

Our analysis found DeVry University - Illinois to be the most popular school for human resource management students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Chicago, DeVry University - Illinois is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

Of the 231 students majoring in HR at DeVry University - Illinois, 22% are male and 78% are female.

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Out of the 13 online programs at schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wright Graduate University for the Realization of Human Potential landed the # 2 spot on the list. Wright Graduate University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Elkhorn.

Of the 38 students majoring in HR at Wright Graduate University, 21% are male and 79% are female.

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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Indiana Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best human resource management schools in the Great Lakes Region . Indiana Tech is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Fort Wayne.

About 75% of the students majoring in HR at the school are women while 25% are male.

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Out of the 13 online programs at schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of St Francis landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Joliet, University of Saint Francis is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Of the 14 students majoring in HR at University of Saint Francis, 36% are male and 64% are female.

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#5

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Concordia University, Chicago helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best human resource management schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

About 78% of the students majoring in HR at the school are women while 22% are male.

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#5

Davenport University

Grand Rapids, MI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Davenport University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the suburb of Grand Rapids, Davenport University is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

Women make up 56% of the HR majors at the school.

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#7

Walsh College

Troy, MI

Walsh College ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Online Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Troy, Walsh is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

About 50% of the students majoring in HR at the school are women while 50% are male.

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#8

Indiana State University

Terre Haute, IN

With a ranking of #8, Indiana State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for human resource management students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Terre Haute, Indiana State is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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#8

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Michigan State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for human resource management students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public school with a very large student population.

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Baldwin Wallace University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for human resource management students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the suburb of Berea, Baldwin Wallace College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Explore the most popular online human resource management colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 325
Illinois 923
Ohio 244
Indiana 128
Wisconsin 85

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

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 13 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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