2024 Best Human Resource Management Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Human Resource Management is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #72 most popular doctor's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Human Resource Management Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 107 doctor's degrees in human resource management to qualified students.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to human resource management students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of human resource management students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt human resource management students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized human resource management related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for human resource management students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Human Resource Management Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Human Resource Management in the Southeast Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in human resource management.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Doctorate in HR

1

Regent University
Virginia Beach, VA

103 Annual Graduates

$80,507 Median Starting Salary

It's hard to beat Regent University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in human resource management. Regent is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Virginia Beach.

Students who graduate with their doctorate from the hr program state that they receive average early career income of $80,507.

More information about a doctorate in human resource management from Regent University

2

University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS

4 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in human resource management needs to check out University of Southern Mississippi. Located in the small city of Hattiesburg, Southern Miss is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in human resource management from University of Southern Mississippi

Best Human Resource Management Colleges by State

Explore the best human resource management schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	138	0
Virginia	127	103
Mississippi	113	4
Louisiana	103	0

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Human Resource Management Related Rankings by Major

Human Resource Management is one of 21 different types of Business, Management & Marketing programs to choose from.

HR Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Organizational Behavior Studies	103
Human Resources Development	4

Most Popular Majors Related to HR

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	766
General Business/Commerce	45
Other Business, Management & Marketing	36
Business/Managerial Economics	31
Hospitality Management	11
Accounting	6
Marketing	6
Management Information Systems	4
Entrepreneurial Studies	2
Finance & Financial Management	2

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Arunkumar Umapathy. More about our data sources and methodologies.