2023 Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools
Finding the Best Human Resource Management School for You
In 2020-2021, 12,117 people earned a degree or certificate in human resource management, making the major the #26 most popular in the United States.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 395 schools in the United States to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Human Resource Management program at each school on the list.
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2023 Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools in the United States
The colleges and universities below are the most popular for HR majors pursuing a .
Top 25 Most Popular Schools in Human Resource Management
Our 2023 rankings named University of Phoenix - Arizona the most popular school in the United States for human resource management students. UOPX - Arizona is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the city of Tempe.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Colorado State University - Global Campus is a great place for human resource management students. Located in the city of Greenwood Village, Colorado State University - Global Campus is a public school with a large student population.
The excellent programs at Southern New Hampshire University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best human resource management schools in the United States. SNHU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized suburb of Manchester.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend DeVry University - Illinois. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools list. DeVry University - Illinois is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Chicago.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools list. Capella University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the large city of Minneapolis.
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With a ranking of #6, Webster University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for human resource management students. Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, Webster is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.
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With a ranking of #7, Villanova University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for human resource management students. Located in the large suburb of Villanova, Villanova is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
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University of Southern California ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools list. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.
With a ranking of #10, Regent University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for human resource management students. Located in the city of Virginia Beach, Regent is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
University of the Incarnate Word ranked #11 on this year’s Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools list. UIW is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Antonio.
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George Washington University ranked #11 on this year’s Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools list. GWU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.
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Florida International University ranked #13 on this year’s Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools list. FIU is a very large public school located in the suburb of Miami.
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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools ranking. University of Oklahoma is a very large public school located in the midsize suburb of Norman.
With a ranking of #15, Rutgers University - New Brunswick did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for human resource management students. Rutgers New Brunswick is a fairly large public school located in the small city of New Brunswick.
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Stony Brook University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for human resource management students. It came in at #16 on the list. Located in the suburb of Stony Brook, SUNY Stony Brook is a public school with a very large student population.
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Cornell University came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools ranking. Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for human resource management students. It came in at #18 on the list. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Central Michigan University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for human resource management students. It came in at #19 on the list. Central Michigan is a fairly large public school located in the town of Mount Pleasant.
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College ranked #20 on this year’s Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools list. Located in the medium-sized city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University is a public college with a fairly large student population.
National University College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for human resource management students. It came in at #21 on the list. Located in the city of Bayamon, National University College is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
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With a ranking of #22, Harvard University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for human resource management students. Located in the city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
With a ranking of #23, Fielding Graduate University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for human resource management students. Located in the city of Santa Barbara, Fielding is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
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New York University came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools ranking. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
University of La Verne came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools ranking. Located in the suburb of La Verne, ULV is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.
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Rest of the Top Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools
Remaining Award Winners
This section shows the remainder of the schools awarded a Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools badge. Showing in this list means the school was ranked in the top 15% of the 395 different United States human resource management schools we analyzed.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 50 | University of Hartford | West Hartford, CT |
| 52 | Universidad del Turabo | Gurabo, PR |
| 53 | University of Denver | Denver, CO |
| 53 | Excelsior College | Albany, NY |
| 55 | Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota | Winona, MN |
| 56 | Grantham University | Lenexa, KS |
| 56 | Concordia University, Saint Paul | Saint Paul, MN |
| 58 | Quinnipiac University | Hamden, CT |
| 59 | Tarleton State University | Stephenville, TX |
Additional Noteworthy Schools
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools award.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 60 | Strayer University - Georgia | Atlanta, GA |
| 61 | University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA |
| 61 | Brenau University | Gainesville, GA |
| 61 | Wright Graduate University for the Realization of Human Potential | Elkhorn, WI |
| 61 | Seton Hall University | South Orange, NJ |
| 65 | University of Maryland Global Campus | Adelphi, MD |
| 66 | University of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA |
| 66 | Houston Baptist University | Houston, TX |
| 66 | Johnson & Wales University - Online | Providence, RI |
| 69 | Universidad Ana G. Mendez | San Juan, PR |
| 69 | Michigan State University | East Lansing, MI |
| 71 | Tiffin University | Tiffin, OH |
| 71 | The Graduate Center, CUNY | New York, NY |
| 73 | University of Rhode Island | Kingston, RI |
| 74 | University of South Carolina - Columbia | Columbia, SC |
| 74 | Robert Morris University | Moon Township, PA |
| 74 | Franklin University | Columbus, OH |
| 77 | Strayer University - North Carolina | Morrisville, NC |
| 77 | Ohio State University - Main Campus | Columbus, OH |
| 77 | Belhaven University | Jackson, MS |
Human Resource Management by Region
View the Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools for a specific region near you.
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| Southeast |
| New England |
| Rocky Mountains |
| Plains States |
| Middle Atlantic |
| Far Western US |
| Southwest |
| Great Lakes |
Human Resource Management Related Majors
One of 20 majors within the area of study, human resource management has other similar majors worth exploring.
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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