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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value HR Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 26,616 people earned their degree in human resource management, making the major the 43rd most popular in the United States. 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 Southeast region, there were 3,387 human resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,672 and $40,373 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 114 human resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value HR Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The hr school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value HR Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region”.

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Best Value HR Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value HR Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Human Resource Management in the Southeast Region

#1

Regent University

Virginia Beach, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$17,052 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$75,204 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value HR Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Regent University landed the #1 spot on the list. Regent is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 103 doctorate’s HR degrees to qualified students.

Regent also made our “Best Human Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Regent are $17,052, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Human Resource Management at Regent University

#2

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#2 in overall quality

$10,896 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Mississippi. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value HR Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region list. University of Southern Mississippi is a fairly large school located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi that handed out 11 doctorate’s HR degrees in 2019-2020.

Southern Miss also took the #2 spot in our “Best Human Resource Management Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern Mississippi are $10,896, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Southern Mississippi Human Resource Management Report

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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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