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2022 Best Value HR Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid

7 Ranked Colleges
221 Degrees Awarded
$20,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value HR Schools for a Master's in Virginia For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 HR Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Human Resource Management is the 43rd most popular major in the country with 26,616 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, human resource management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $46,242 and had an average of $34,825 in loans still to pay off.

Across Virginia, there were 475 human resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,038 and $41,770 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 221 human resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value HR Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in human resource management. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent human resource management programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the human resource management 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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Best Value HR Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value HR Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid.

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Resource Management in Virginia (With Aid)

#1

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Mason University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value HR Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid. George Mason University is a large public school situated in Fairfax, Virginia. It awarded 21 masters’s HR degrees in 2019-2020.

GMU also made our “Best Human Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at George Mason University are $37,410, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Regent University

Virginia Beach, Virginia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Regent University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value HR Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid. Regent University is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 100 masters’s HR degrees to qualified students.

Regent also made our “Best Human Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at Regent are $17,052, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

University of Richmond

University of Richmond, Virginia

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value HR Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Richmond landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in University of Richmond, Virginia, and it awarded 17 masters’s HR degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our virginia master’s degree hr students with aid list, URichmond has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Human Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at URichmond are $25,260.

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#4

Marymount University

Arlington, Virginia

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value HR Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Marymount University landed the #4 spot on the list. Arlington, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s HR degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

Marymount also took the #2 spot in our “Best Human Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Marymount are $20,116, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

DeVry University - Virginia

Arlington, Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DeVry University - Virginia. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value HR Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid list. DeVry University - Virginia is a small school located in Arlington, Virginia that handed out 2 masters’s HR degrees in 2019-2020.

DeVry University - Virginia also took the #0 spot in our “Best Human Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at DeVry University - Virginia are $17,552, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#6

Strayer University - Virginia

Arlington, Virginia

Strayer University - Virginia came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value HR Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in Arlington, Virginia, this small private for-profit school awarded 46 degrees to qualified masters’s HR students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Strayer University - Virginia, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Human Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Strayer University - Virginia are $15,135.

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Averett University - Graduate & Professional Studies landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value HR Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in Danville, Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 20 degrees to qualified masters’s HR students in 2019-2020.

Averett University - Graduate & Professional Studies not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Human Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Averett University - Graduate & Professional Studies are $12,090, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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%.

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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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