2022 Best Value HR Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region

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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 the Far Western US region, there were 2,058 human resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,100 and $36,435 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 81 human resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,342 and $136,270 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value HR Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in human resource management. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality human resource management 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 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 Doctorate in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region doctor’s degree hr students.

Top 4 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Human Resource Management in the Far Western US Region

#2

Fielding Graduate University

Santa Barbara, California

#3 in overall quality

$17,296 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$86,867 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fielding Graduate University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value HR Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region. This small school is located in Santa Barbara, California, and it awarded 17 doctorate’s HR degrees in 2019-2020.

Fielding did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Human Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Fielding Graduate University are $17,296, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Human Resource Management at Fielding

#3

Alliant International University

San Diego, California

#2 in overall quality

$24,615 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$98,743 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value HR Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Alliant International University landed the #3 spot on the list. Alliant International University is a private for-profit institution located in San Diego, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 20 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Alliant not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Human Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Alliant International University are $24,615, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Alliant Human Resource Management Report

#4

Saybrook University

Oakland, California

#4 in overall quality

$25,206 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value HR Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saybrook University landed the #4 spot on the list. Saybrook University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Oakland, California. It awarded 6 doctorate’s HR degrees in 2019-2020.

Saybrook University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Human Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Saybrook University are $25,206, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Human Resource Management at Saybrook University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Human Resource Management

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Arunkumar Umapathy.

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