2024 Best Human Resource Management Master's Degree Schools in Georgia

Human Resource Management is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #22 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Human Resource Management Master's Degree Schools in Georgia ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 123 master's degrees in human resource management during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Human Resource Management School for Your Master's Degree

The hr master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality hr program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

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 - How many other human resource management students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• 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 master'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 master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Human Resource Management Master's Degree Schools in Georgia list to help you make the college decision.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Human Resource Management in Georgia

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in human resource management.

Top Georgia Schools for a Master's in HR

1

Brenau University
Gainesville, GA

47 Annual Graduates

$48,342 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in human resource management has to take a look at Brenau University. Located in the small city of Gainesville, Brenau is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

Soon after graduation, hr master's recipients generally earn an average of $48,342 in their early careers.

More information about a master’s in human resource management from Brenau University

2

Strayer University - Georgia
Chamblee, GA

51 Annual Graduates

$49,081 Median Starting Salary

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in human resource management has to look into Strayer University - Georgia. Located in the suburb of Chamblee, Strayer University - Georgia is a private for-profit university with a small student population.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the hr program make an average of $49,081 in the first couple years of their career.

More information about a master’s in human resource management from Strayer University - Georgia

3

South University's online programs
Savannah, GA

22 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in human resource management needs to check out South University's online programs. South University's online programs is a medium-sized private for-profit university located in the midsize city of Savannah.More information about a master’s in human resource management from South University’s online programs

Best Human Resource Management Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Human Resource Management Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	208	307
Virginia	182	201
North Carolina	178	77
Tennessee	166	107
Alabama	151	95
Kentucky	147	41
Louisiana	147	118
South Carolina	146	153
Mississippi	145	13
Arkansas	121	2
West Virginia	112	56

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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
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	89
Organizational Behavior Studies	34

Majors Similar to HR

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	2,252
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	934
Accounting	541
General Business/Commerce	347
Marketing	57
Other Business, Management & Marketing	34
Management Information Systems	32
Hospitality Management	18
International Business	15
Taxation	13

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.