2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Human Resources Development in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value HR Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 407 human resources development graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 239 human resources development graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value HR Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree 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 in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value HR Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Human Resources Development in the Southwest Region

#1

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$12,838 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value HR Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Houston is a public institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 116 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UH also took the #2 spot in our “Best Human Resources Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UH is $12,838 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree HR Development students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full UH Human Resources Development Report

#2

The University of Texas at Tyler

Tyler, Texas

#3 in overall quality

$10,974 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value HR Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Tyler landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Tyler, Texas, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s HR development degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Tyler also made our “Best Human Resources Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend UT Tyler is $10,974 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree HR Development students.

Full UT Tyler Human Resources Development Report

#3

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$19,057 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value HR Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 95 bachelors’s HR development degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Human Resources Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $19,057 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree HR Development students per year to attend Texas A&M College Station.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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

#4

Oral Roberts University

Tulsa, Oklahoma

#4 in overall quality

$22,248 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oral Roberts University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value HR Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Oral Roberts University is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s HR development degrees to qualified students.

ORU also took the #4 spot in our “Best Human Resources Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend ORU is $22,248 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree HR Development students.

Read more about Human Resources Development at Oral Roberts University

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Arunkumar Umapathy.

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