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

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

Finding the Best Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate 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.

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 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 29 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for HR majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named DeVry University - Illinois the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for human resource management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Chicago, DeVry University - Illinois is a private for-profit school with a fairly 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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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Wright Graduate University for the Realization of Human Potential helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular human resource management schools in the Great Lakes Region . 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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#3

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Central Michigan University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular human resource management schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the distant town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public school with a large student population.

Of the 19 students majoring in HR at Central Michigan, 42% are male and 58% are female.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis is a great place for human resource management students working on their graduate certificate. IUPUI is a very large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.

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

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Indiana Institute of Technology is a great place for human resource management students working on their graduate certificate. Indiana Tech is a small private not-for-profit school located in the 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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University of St Francis came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Joliet, University of Saint Francis is a private not-for-profit school 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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#7

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Northwestern University 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 #7 on the list. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

Women make up 90% of the HR majors at the school.

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#8

Davenport University

Grand Rapids, MI

Davenport University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular 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 medium-sized student population.

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

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#8

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

With a ranking of #8, Concordia University, Chicago did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for human resource management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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

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Eastern Michigan University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate human resource management programs. Located in the large suburb of Ypsilanti, Eastern Michigan is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 44% of the students majoring in HR at the school are women while 56% are male.

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Best Human Resource Management Colleges by State

Explore the best 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

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 29 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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