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 has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 2,962 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 1,138 general human resources management/personnel administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,572 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 45 colleges that offer a degree in general human resources management/personnel administration. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general human resources management/personnel administration program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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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 the Middle Atlantic Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DeVry University - Pennsylvania. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This small school is located in Ft. Washington, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 7 masters’s HR management degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Strayer University - Delaware. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Newark, Delaware is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s HR management degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Francis University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. This small school is located in Loretto, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 26 masters’s HR management degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, 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 Saint Francis
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Strayer University - Maryland. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Strayer University - Maryland is a small private for-profit school situated in Suitland, Maryland. It awarded 19 masters’s HR management degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DeVry College of New York. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in New York, New York, this small private for-profit school awarded 13 degrees to qualified masters’s HR management students in 2020-2021.
Goldey - Beacom College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #6. Goldey - Beacom College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Wilmington, Delaware. It awarded 13 masters’s HR management degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Goldey - Beacom College General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Report
La Roche University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s HR management degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full La Roche University General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Report
Strayer University - District of Columbia ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Strayer University - District of Columbia is a small private for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 4 masters’s HR management degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Scranton did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #9. University of Scranton is a private not-for-profit institution located in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 34 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
Strayer University - Global Region landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Strayer University - Global Region is a private for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 45 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #11, Stony Brook University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. SUNY Stony Brook is a public institution located in Stony Brook, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 135 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration at SUNY Stony Brook
West Chester University of Pennsylvania ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. West Chester University of Pennsylvania is a public institution located in West Chester, Pennsylvania. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 56 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration at WCUPA
Mercy College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #13. Mercy is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dobbs Ferry, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 29 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Trinity Washington University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #14. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s HR management degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
Rutgers University - New Brunswick did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #15. Rutgers New Brunswick is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 138 masters’s HR management degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Excelsior College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #16. Excelsior College is a fairly large school located in Albany, New York that handed out 59 masters’s HR management degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Excelsior College General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Report
With a ranking of #17, Georgetown University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Georgetown University is a large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 67 masters’s HR management degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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 Georgetown
Pace University - New York did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #18. Pace University - New York is located in New York, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 38 masters’s HR management degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus landed the #19 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus is located in Indiana, Pennsylvania and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 25 masters’s HR management degrees to qualified students.
George Washington University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #20. GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 85 masters’s HR management degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full George Washington University General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Report
Nazareth College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #21. This small school is located in Rochester, New York, and it awarded 8 masters’s HR management degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, 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 Nazareth
Robert Morris University ranked #22 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified masters’s HR management students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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 more about General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration at RMU
American University came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. American University is a fairly large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 27 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 85%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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 more about General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration at American University
With a ranking of #24, Wilmington University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in New Castle, Delaware, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 22 degrees to qualified masters’s HR management students in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #25, New York University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Management Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. New York, New York is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s HR management degrees to 99 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.
Read more about General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration at New York University
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