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2023 Most Popular Online Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

11 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.

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Online Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular 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 2023 rankings named University of Maryland Global Campus the most popular online school in the Middle Atlantic Region for human resource management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Adelphi, UMGC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 49 students majoring in HR at UMGC, 16% are male and 84% are female.

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Out of the 11 online programs at schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 62% of the HR majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Strayer University - Global Region. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Strayer University - Global Region is a large private for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

About 69% of the students majoring in HR at the school are women while 31% are male.

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#4

SUNY Empire State College

Saratoga Springs, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Empire State College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the small suburb of Saratoga Springs, SUNY Empire is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 26 students majoring in HR at SUNY Empire, 23% are male and 77% are female.

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#5

Stockton University

Galloway, NJ

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Stockton University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best human resource management schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the midsize suburb of Galloway, Stockton State is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Of the 10 students majoring in HR at Stockton State, 40% are male and 60% are female.

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With a ranking of #6, Thomas Edison State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for human resource management students working on their online graduate certificate. TESU is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Trenton.

About 67% of the students majoring in HR at the school are women while 33% are male.

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#7

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

Drexel University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Online Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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Rochester Institute of Technology landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate human resource management programs. RIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Rochester.

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#8

American University

Washington, DC

American University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate human resource management programs. The American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

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#10

Towson University

Towson, MD

With a ranking of #10, Towson 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 city of Towson, Towson is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Explore the most popular online 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

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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 11 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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