2022 Best Value Labor Relations Schools for a Doctorate

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 Labor Relations Schools for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Labor & Industrial Relations is the 296th most popular major in the country with 1,903 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 labor and industrial relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Labor Relations Schools for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in labor and industrial relations. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent labor and industrial relations programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the labor and industrial relations program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Labor Relations Schools for a Doctorate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Labor Relations Schools for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Labor Relations Schools for a Doctorate.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Labor & Industrial Relations

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York

#1 in overall quality

$30,042 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Labor Relations Schools for a Doctorate list. Cornell is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Ithaca, New York. It awarded 5 doctorate’s labor relations degrees in 2019-2020.

Cornell also took the #1 spot in our “Best Labor & Industrial Relations Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cornell University are $30,042, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Labor & Industrial Relations at Cornell

#2

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$30,083 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Labor Relations Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #2 spot on the list. UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s labor relations degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree labor relations students list, UIUC has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Labor & Industrial Relations Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIUC are $30,083, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Labor & Industrial Relations at UIUC

#3

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey

#3 in overall quality

$32,132 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Labor Relations Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Rutgers University - New Brunswick landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s labor relations degrees in 2019-2020.

Rutgers New Brunswick not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Labor & Industrial Relations Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rutgers University - New Brunswick are $32,132, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Labor & Industrial Relations at Rutgers New Brunswick

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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