by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in Illinois” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration is the 53rd most popular major in the country with 19,084 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Illinois, there were 1,017 general human resources management/personnel administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 382 general human resources management/personnel administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,317 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in Illinois” ranking analyzed 10 colleges that offered 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.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in Illinois”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend DeVry University - Illinois. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in Illinois. DeVry University - Illinois is a private for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 148 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Park University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in Illinois. North Park is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full North Park University General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National Louis University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in Illinois list. National Louis University is a medium-sized school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 28 masters’s HR management degrees in 2020-2021.
Full NLU General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Report
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Xavier University landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 12 masters’s HR management degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Saint Xavier University General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DePaul University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in Illinois list. DePaul is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 62 masters’s HR management degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration at DePaul University
Roosevelt University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in Illinois ranking, coming in at #6. Roosevelt is a small school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 13 masters’s HR management degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration at Roosevelt
Loyola University Chicago came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in Illinois ranking. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 20 diplomas to qualified masters’s HR management students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
With a ranking of #8, Rasmussen University - Illinois did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in Illinois list. Rasmussen University - Illinois is a small private for-profit school situated in Rockford, Illinois. It awarded 3 masters’s HR management degrees in 2020-2021.
Northwestern University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in Illinois ranking, coming in at #9. Located in Evanston, Illinois, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s HR management students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Northwestern University General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Report
Illinois Institute of Technology ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in Illinois list. Illinois Institute of Technology is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 0 masters’s HR management degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate 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.
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