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2023 Most Popular Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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

Finding the Best Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate School for You

Human Resource Management is the #26 most popular major in the country with 12,117 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which graduate certificate 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

Fielding Graduate University

Santa Barbara, CA

Our 2023 rankings named Fielding Graduate University the most popular school in the Far Western US Region for human resource management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Santa Barbara, Fielding is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 82% of the HR majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Golden Gate University - San Francisco. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of San Francisco, Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

About 39% of the students majoring in HR at the school are women while 61% are male.

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Out of the 17 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Northridge landed the # 3 spot on the list. CSUN is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Northridge.

Women make up 93% of the HR majors at the school.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Southern Oregon University is a great place for human resource management students working on their graduate certificate. Southern Oregon University is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Ashland.

Women make up 79% of the HR majors at the school.

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#5

Brandman University

Irvine, CA

Out of the 17 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brandman University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Irvine, Brandman is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Central Washington University is a great place for human resource management students working on their graduate certificate. CWU is a large public school located in the town of Ellensburg.

Women make up 92% of the HR majors at the school.

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Portland State University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Portland State University is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Portland.

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#7

Saybrook University

Oakland, CA

Saybrook University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Saybrook University is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Oakland.

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Hawaii Pacific University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Hawaii Pacific University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Honolulu.

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DeVry University - California did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for human resource management students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. DeVry University - California is a small private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Pomona.

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Best Human Resource Management Colleges by State

Explore the best human resource management schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 1,233
Washington 18
Oregon 15
Nevada 0
Hawaii 0
Alaska 0

One of 20 majors within the area of study, human resource management has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 17 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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