2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Resource Management in District of Columbia

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 District of Columbia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 District of Columbia, there were 308 human resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,657 and $52,794 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 192 human resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,525 and $61,455 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value HR Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the human resource management program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value HR Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia master’s degree hr students.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Resource Management in District of Columbia

#1

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$31,824 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$68,219 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value HR Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia list. George Washington University is a large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 92 masters’s HR degrees in 2019-2020.

GWU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Human Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at George Washington University are $31,824, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Strayer University - Global Region

Washington, District of Columbia

#4 in overall quality

$15,135 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$46,855 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value HR Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Strayer University - Global Region landed the #2 spot on the list. Strayer University - Global Region is a fairly large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 25 masters’s HR degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Strayer University - Global Region, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Human Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Strayer University - Global Region are $15,135.

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#3

Trinity Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#5 in overall quality

$14,580 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$61,177 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value HR Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Trinity Washington University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified masters’s HR students in 2019-2020.

Trinity College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Human Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Trinity College are $14,580, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Human Resource Management at Trinity College

#4

American University

Washington, District of Columbia

#3 in overall quality

$35,524 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value HR Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the #4 spot on the list. The American University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 masters’s HR degrees to qualified students.

The American University also made our “Best Human Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The American University are $35,524.

Read more about Human Resource Management at American University

#5

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia

#2 in overall quality

$53,591 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$82,756 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgetown University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value HR Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s HR degrees to 56 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Georgetown, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Human Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgetown are $53,591, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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