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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Human Resources Development

18 Ranked Colleges
682 Degrees Awarded
$19,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value HR Development Schools for a Bachelor's

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value HR Development Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking.

Human Resources Development is the 313th most popular major in the country with 2,019 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 682 human resources development graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value HR Development Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 18 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in human resources development. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great human resources development programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the human resources development program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value HR Development Schools for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree hr development students.

Top 18 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Human Resources Development

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 18 schools in the Best Value HR Development Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh landed the #1 spot on the list. Oshkosh, Wisconsin is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s HR development degrees to 37 students in 2019-2020.

UW Oshkosh also took the #5 spot in our “Best Human Resources Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh is $15,463 for Bachelor’s Degree HR Development students.

Full University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh Human Resources Development Report

#2

University of Houston

Houston, Texas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value HR Development Schools for a Bachelor’s. This large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 116 bachelors’s HR development degrees in 2019-2020.

UH not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Human Resources Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $12,838 for Bachelor’s Degree HR Development students per year to attend University of Houston.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Full UH Human Resources Development Report

#3

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, Michigan
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 18 schools in the Best Value HR Development Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Oakland University landed the #3 spot on the list. Oakland is located in Rochester Hills, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 149 bachelors’s HR development degrees to qualified students.

Oakland also made our “Best Human Resources Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Oakland is $11,802 for Bachelor’s Degree HR Development students.

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#10 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value HR Development Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and it awarded 71 bachelors’s HR development degrees in 2019-2020.

UWM also made our “Best Human Resources Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #10. The yearly cost to attend UWM is $17,876 for Bachelor’s Degree HR Development students.

Full University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Human Resources Development Report

#12 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Tyler. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value HR Development Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This medium-sized school is located in Tyler, Texas, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s HR development degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Tyler did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #12 on our “Best Human Resources Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas at Tyler is $10,974 for bachelor’s degree hr development students.

Full UT Tyler Human Resources Development Report

#15 in overall quality

Northeastern Illinois University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value HR Development Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this medium-sized public school awarded 44 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s HR development students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree hr development students list, Northeastern Illinois University has also earned the #15 rank in our “Best Human Resources Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $15,843 for bachelor’s degree hr development students per year to attend Northeastern Illinois University.

Full Northeastern Illinois University Human Resources Development Report

#7

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas
#11 in overall quality

University of Arkansas ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value HR Development Schools for a Bachelor’s list. UARK is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 23 bachelors’s HR development degrees to qualified students.

UARK also made our “Best Human Resources Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #11. The estimated yearly cost for UARK is $16,381 for Bachelor’s Degree HR Development students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read more about Human Resources Development at UARK

#8

Southwestern College

Winfield, Kansas
#6 in overall quality

Southwestern College landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value HR Development Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. SC is a small school located in Winfield, Kansas that handed out 15 bachelors’s HR development degrees in 2019-2020.

SC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Human Resources Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Southwestern College is $23,507 for Bachelor’s Degree HR Development students.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full Southwestern College Human Resources Development Report

#7 in overall quality

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value HR Development Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #9. Louisiana State University is a large school located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana that handed out 10 bachelors’s HR development degrees in 2019-2020.

Louisiana State University also made our “Best Human Resources Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #7. The yearly cost to attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is $15,465 for bachelor’s degree hr development students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on Human Resources Development at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

#10

Limestone College

Gaffney, South Carolina
#13 in overall quality

Limestone College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value HR Development Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #10. This small school is located in Gaffney, South Carolina, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s HR development degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree hr development students list, Limestone College has also earned the #13 rank in our “Best Human Resources Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $22,707 for Bachelor’s Degree HR Development students per year to attend Limestone College.

Read more about Human Resources Development at Limestone College

#11

Idaho State University

Pocatello, Idaho
#17 in overall quality

Idaho State University landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Value HR Development Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. This fairly large school is located in Pocatello, Idaho, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s HR development degrees in 2019-2020.

ISU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #17 on our “Best Human Resources Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend ISU is $16,810 for bachelor’s degree hr development students.

Read more about Human Resources Development at Idaho State University

#12

Mercer University

Macon, Georgia
#8 in overall quality

Mercer University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Value HR Development Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Macon, Georgia, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s HR development students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree hr development students list, Mercer has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Human Resources Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Mercer is $21,464 for Bachelor’s Degree HR Development students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Read full report on Human Resources Development at Mercer University

#13

Tusculum University

Greeneville, Tennessee
#18 in overall quality

Tusculum University ranked #13 on this year’s Best Value HR Development Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Tusculum University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Greeneville, Tennessee. It awarded 1 bachelors’s HR development degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree hr development students list, Tusculum has also earned the #18 rank in our “Best Human Resources Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Tusculum is $17,537 for Bachelor’s Degree HR Development students.

Read more about Human Resources Development at Tusculum University

#14

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas
#1 in overall quality

Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well in the 2022 Best Value HR Development Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #14. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school handed out 95 degrees to qualified bachelors’s HR development students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #1 spot in our “Best Human Resources Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas A&M University - College Station is $19,057 for Bachelor’s Degree HR Development students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Human Resources Development at Texas A&M College Station

#15

Oral Roberts University

Tulsa, Oklahoma
#16 in overall quality

Oral Roberts University landed the #15 spot on the 2022 Best Value HR Development Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Oral Roberts University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

ORU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #16 on our “Best Human Resources Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Oral Roberts University is $22,248 for bachelor’s degree hr development students.

Read full report on Human Resources Development at Oral Roberts University

#3 in overall quality

Miami University - Oxford ranked #16 on this year’s Best Value HR Development Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Oxford, Ohio, this fairly large public school awarded 17 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s HR development students in 2019-2020.

Miami University - Oxford also made our “Best Human Resources Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $24,323 for bachelor’s degree hr development students per year to attend Miami University - Oxford.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Human Resources Development at Miami University - Oxford

#17

Hawaii Pacific University

Honolulu, Hawaii
#14 in overall quality

Hawaii Pacific University came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Best Value HR Development Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. This small school is located in Honolulu, Hawaii, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s HR development degrees in 2019-2020.

Hawaii Pacific University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #14 on our “Best Human Resources Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Hawaii Pacific University is $27,508 for bachelor’s degree hr development students.

Read more about Human Resources Development at Hawaii Pacific University

#18

Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester, New York
#9 in overall quality

Rochester Institute of Technology came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Best Value HR Development Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. RIT is located in Rochester, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s HR development degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree hr development students list, RIT has also earned the #9 rank in our “Best Human Resources Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend RIT is $33,167 for Bachelor’s Degree HR Development students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Rochester Institute of Technology Human Resources Development Report

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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