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

36 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.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 36 schools in the Southeast 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for HR majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

#1

Belhaven University

Jackson, MS

Our 2023 rankings named Belhaven University the most popular school in the Southeast Region for human resource management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Jackson, Belhaven is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 83% of the HR majors at the school.

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Out of the 36 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida International University landed the # 2 spot on the list. FIU is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Miami.

About 73% of the students majoring in HR at the school are women while 27% are male.

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#3

Lipscomb University

Nashville, TN

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Lipscomb University is a great place for human resource management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Nashville, Lipscomb is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

About 35% of the students majoring in HR at the school are women while 65% are male.

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#4

Columbia Southern University

Orange Beach, AL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia Southern University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Columbia Southern University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the fringe town of Orange Beach.

Women make up 53% of the HR majors at the school.

Read full report on Human Resource Management at Columbia Southern University

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Tennessee Technological University is a great place for human resource management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the remote town of Cookeville, Tennessee Tech University is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

About 82% of the students majoring in HR at the school are women while 18% are male.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at American Public University System helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular human resource management schools in the Southeast Region . American Military University is a very large private for-profit school located in the fringe town of Charles Town.

About 36% of the students majoring in HR at the school are women while 64% are male.

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With a ranking of #7, North Carolina State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for human resource management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 7 students majoring in HR at NC State, 71% are male and 29% are female.

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#8

University of Richmond

University of Richmond, VA

With a ranking of #8, University of Richmond did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for human resource management students working on their graduate certificate. URichmond is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of University of Richmond.

About 17% of the students majoring in HR at the school are women while 83% are male.

Full Human Resource Management at University of Richmond Report

University of Virginia - Main Campus 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 #8 on the list. University of Virginia is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Charlottesville.

Women make up 67% of the HR majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #10, Queens University of Charlotte did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for human resource management students working on their graduate certificate. Queens is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Charlotte.

Of the 5 students majoring in HR at Queens, 20% are male and 80% are female.

Full Human Resource Management at Queens University of Charlotte Report

Best Human Resource Management Colleges by State

Explore the best human resource management colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 320
Florida 342
Georgia 127
North Carolina 89
Tennessee 135
Kentucky 41
Louisiana 119
Alabama 111
South Carolina 154
Mississippi 57
Arkansas 2
West Virginia 67

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 36 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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