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2023 Most Popular Human Resource Management Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

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Finding the Best Human Resource Management Master's Degree School for You

Human Resource Management is the #11 most popular major in District of Columbia with 349 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Most Popular Human Resource Management Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in District of Columbia to see which master's degree 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 master's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named George Washington University the most popular school in District of Columbia for human resource management students working on their master’s degree. GWU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

Women make up 70% of the HR majors at the school.

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#2

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgetown University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Human Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list. Georgetown is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

About 87% of the students majoring in HR at the school are women while 13% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Strayer University - Global Region. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Human Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list. Located in the large city of Washington, Strayer University - Global Region is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

About 84% of the students majoring in HR at the school are women while 16% are male.

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#4

American University

Washington, DC

The in-demand master’s degree programs at American University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular human resource management schools in District of Columbia. Located in the large city of Washington, The American University is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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

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Out of the 7 schools in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Strayer University - District of Columbia landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Washington, Strayer University - District of Columbia is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

Women make up 25% of the HR majors at the school.

Read full report on Human Resource Management at Strayer University - District of Columbia

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Trinity Washington University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular human resource management schools in District of Columbia. Located in the large city of Washington, Trinity College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Read full report on Human Resource Management at Trinity Washington University

Catholic University of America ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Human Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list. Located in the city of Washington, CUA is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

Full Human Resource Management at Catholic University of America Report

Best Human Resource Management Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Human Resource Management Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 701
Pennsylvania 962
Maryland 199
New Jersey 251
Delaware 38

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 7 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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