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

64 Colleges
$48,568 Avg Salary
$27,397 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Human Resource Management 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.

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 Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 64 schools in the Great Lakes Region 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for HR majors pursuing a .

Our analysis found DeVry University - Illinois to be the most popular school for human resource management students who want to pursue a degree in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Chicago, DeVry University - Illinois is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UIUC is a very large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

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#3

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

Out of the 64 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Michigan University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the distant town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public school with a large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Benedictine University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large suburb of Lisle, Benedictine U is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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The excellent programs at Eastern Michigan University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best human resource management schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large suburb of Ypsilanti, Eastern Michigan is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. IWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Marion.

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#7

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

DePaul University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular human resource management programs. DePaul is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

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Wright Graduate University for the Realization of Human Potential did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for human resource management students. It came in at #8 on the list. Wright Graduate University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Elkhorn.

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#9

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

With a ranking of #9, Michigan State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for human resource management students. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#10

Tiffin University

Tiffin, OH

Tiffin University ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the distant town of Tiffin, Tiffin University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Honorable Mentions

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 in the Great Lakes Region award.

Rank College Location
11 Franklin University Columbus, OH
12 Ohio State University - Main Campus Columbus, OH

Best Human Resource Management Colleges by State

Explore the best human resource management schools 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 26 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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