2022 Best Value HR Development Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value HR Development Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 2,019 people earned their degree in human resources development, making the major the 313th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 172 human resources development graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 110 human resources development graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value HR Development Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in human resources development. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent human resources development programs, but they also 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value HR Development Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree hr development students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Resources Development in the Plains States Region

#1

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$13,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Webster University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value HR Development Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. Webster is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 93 masters’s HR development degrees in 2019-2020.

Webster did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Human Resources Development Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Webster University are $13,500.

Read more about Human Resources Development at Webster University

#2

Pittsburg State University

Pittsburg, Kansas

#2 in overall quality

$19,320 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pittsburg State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value HR Development Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. Pitt State is a medium-sized public school situated in Pittsburg, Kansas. It awarded 16 masters’s HR development degrees in 2019-2020.

Pitt State also made our “Best Human Resources Development Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pitt State are $19,320, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Human Resources Development at Pitt State

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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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