by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 19,084 people earned their degree in general human resources management/personnel administration, making the major the 53rd most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 1,068 general human resources management/personnel administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 128 general human resources management/personnel administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 13 colleges that offer a degree in general human resources management/personnel administration. That schools that top this list have a program in general human resources management/personnel administration in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree hr management students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Nichols College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in the New England Region. Nichols is located in Dudley, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s HR management degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bryant University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in the New England Region. Smithfield, Rhode Island is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s HR management degrees to 24 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Fisher College landed the #3 spot on the list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s HR management degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
Full Fisher College General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Report
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Granite State College landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Concord, New Hampshire, this small public school awarded 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s HR management students in 2020-2021.
Full GSC General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Report
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Post University landed the #5 spot on the list. Waterbury, Connecticut is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s HR management degrees to 33 students in 2020-2021.
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Salem State University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in the New England Region list. Salem State University is a medium-sized school located in Salem, Massachusetts that handed out 19 bachelors’s HR management degrees in 2020-2021.
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Johnson & Wales University - Online came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in the New England Region ranking. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s HR management degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #8, Johnson & Wales University - Providence did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in the New England Region list. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s HR management degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
Full JWU Providence General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Report
Merrimack College landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in the New England Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in North Andover, Massachusetts, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s HR management degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Merrimack College General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Report
Thomas College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #10. Located in Waterville, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s HR management students in 2020-2021.
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Quinnipiac University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in the New England Region ranking. Located in Hamden, Connecticut, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s HR management students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration at Quinnipiac
New England College came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in the New England Region ranking. NEC is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Henniker, New Hampshire. It awarded 6 bachelors’s HR management degrees in 2020-2021.
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Western New England University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in the New England Region ranking. Located in Springfield, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s HR management students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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