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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Human Resource Management in the Great Lakes Region

4 Ranked Colleges
18 Degrees Awarded
$38,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value HR Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” 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 the Great Lakes region, there were 4,904 human resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,183 and $31,157 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 18 human resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,428 and $121,375 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value HR Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in human resource management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great human resource management programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the human resource management program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value HR Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree hr students.

Top 5 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Human Resource Management in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Benedictine University

Lisle, Illinois
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Benedictine University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value HR Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region. Lisle, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s HR degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Benedictine U also made our “Best Human Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at Benedictine University are $19,709, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Human Resource Management at Benedictine University

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value HR Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region. UIUC is a public institution located in Champaign, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIUC, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Human Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are $30,083, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UIUC Human Resource Management Report

#2

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value HR Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region list. This large school is located in East Lansing, Michigan, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s HR degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region doctor’s degree hr students list, Michigan State has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Human Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State University are $37,056, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Michigan State University Human Resource Management Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Case Western Reserve University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value HR Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region. Case Western Reserve University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cleveland, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Case Western not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Human Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Case Western are $47,958, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Human Resource Management at Case Western

#4

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value HR Schools for a Doctorate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the #4 spot on the list. Northwestern is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Evanston, Illinois. It awarded 5 doctorate’s HR degrees in 2019-2020.

Northwestern also took the #1 spot in our “Best Human Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern are $56,567.

Read full report on Human Resource Management at Northwestern

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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%.

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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