2022 Best Value Labor Relations Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Labor Relations Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 1,903 people earned their degree in labor and industrial relations, making the major the 296th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 52 labor and industrial relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 52 labor and industrial relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Labor Relations Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in labor and industrial relations. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality labor and industrial relations programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the labor and industrial relations program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Master’s in the Southeast Region” 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 Master’s in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Labor Relations Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Labor & Industrial Relations in the Southeast Region

#1

West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$26,154 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Labor Relations Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. West Virginia University is a large public school situated in Morgantown, West Virginia. It awarded 27 masters’s labor relations degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WVU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Labor & Industrial Relations Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at WVU are $26,154, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full WVU Labor & Industrial Relations Report

#2

Marshall University

Huntington, West Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$21,162 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marshall University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Labor Relations Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. This fairly large school is located in Huntington, West Virginia, and it awarded 25 masters’s labor relations degrees in 2019-2020.

Marshall University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Labor & Industrial Relations Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Marshall University are $21,162, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Labor & Industrial Relations at Marshall University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Labor & Industrial Relations

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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