2024 Best Human Resources Development Schools in Maryland

If you plan on majoring in human resources development, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #290 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Human Resources Development Schools in Maryland ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 131 degrees in human resources development during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Human Resources Development Schools List

Human Resources Development Rankings by Degree Level

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Human Resources Development Schools in Maryland list to help you make the college decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Human Resources Development in Maryland

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the hr development degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Maryland Schools in HR Development

1

Towson University
Towson, MD

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

84 HR Development Degrees Awarded

20.2% Growth in Graduates

Every student who is interested in human resources development has to check out Towson University. Towson is a large public university located in the city of Towson.More information about a degree in human resources development from Towson University

2

Bowie State University
Bowie, MD

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

37 HR Development Degrees Awarded

Bowie State University is a great option for students pursuing a degree in human resources development. Bowie State University is a moderately-sized public university located in the large suburb of Bowie.More information about a degree in human resources development from Bowie State University

 

Best Human Resources Development Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Human Resources Development Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	1,026	15
Pennsylvania	978	215
New Jersey	614	6
District of Columbia	441	1

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Human Resources Development Related Rankings by Major

Human Resources Development is one of 6 different types of Human Resource Management programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to HR Development

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	654
Labor & Industrial Relations	6

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.