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2023 Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools in Virginia

10 Colleges
$51,977 Avg Salary
$29,390 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Human Resource Management School for You

In 2020-2021, 320 degrees and certificates were awarded to human resource management students who went to a Virginia college or university. This makes it the #29 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Schools in Virginia ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in Virginia 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.

Check out the HR programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Virginia.

#1

Regent University

Virginia Beach, VA

Our 2023 rankings named Regent University the most popular school in Virginia for human resource management students. Regent is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Virginia Beach.

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#2

University of Richmond

University of Richmond, VA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Richmond is a great place for human resource management students. Located in the midsize city of University of Richmond, URichmond is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Strayer University - Virginia is a great place for human resource management students. Strayer University - Virginia is a small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Arlington.

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#4

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend George Mason University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools in Virginia list. Located in the suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public college with a very large student population.

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#5

Marymount University

Arlington, VA

The excellent programs at Marymount University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best human resource management schools in Virginia. Located in the city of Arlington, Marymount is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#5

ECPI University

Virginia Beach, VA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend ECPI University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools in Virginia list. Located in the city of Virginia Beach, ECPI University is a private for-profit school with a large student population.

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#7

Bridgewater College

Bridgewater, VA

Bridgewater College ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools in Virginia list. Bridgewater is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Bridgewater.

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University of Virginia - Main Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools in Virginia list. Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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DeVry University - Virginia came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools in Virginia ranking. DeVry University - Virginia is a small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Arlington.

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Virginia Commonwealth University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for human resource management students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Richmond, VCU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Best Human Resource Management Colleges in the Southeast Region

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State Degrees Awarded
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

Human Resource Management is one of 20 different types of programs to choose from.

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 10 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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