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2023 Most Popular Human Resource Management Master's Degree Schools in Iowa

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

In 2020-2021, 50 degrees and certificates were awarded to human resource management students who went to a Iowa college or university. This makes it the #51 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Human Resource Management Master's Degree Schools in Iowa to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Iowa 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.

#1

Upper Iowa University

Fayette, IA

Our 2023 rankings named Upper Iowa University the most popular school in Iowa for human resource management students working on their master’s degree. Located in the remote area of Fayette, UIU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Of the 35 students majoring in HR at UIU, 34% are male and 66% are female.

Full Human Resource Management at Upper Iowa University Report

#2

Mount Mercy University

Cedar Rapids, IA

Out of the 3 schools in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Mount Mercy University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Cedar Rapids, Mount Mercy is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 86% of the HR majors at the school.

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#3

Briar Cliff University

Sioux City, IA

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Briar Cliff University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular human resource management schools in Iowa. Briar Cliff is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Sioux City.

Full Human Resource Management at Briar Cliff University Report

Best Human Resource Management Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 426
Minnesota 745
Kansas 112
Nebraska 157
North Dakota 3
South Dakota 13

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 3 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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