by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Major in Connecticut” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Human Resource Management is the 45th most popular major in the country with 28,787 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, human resource management graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $49,057 and had an average of $31,139 in loans still to pay off.
Across Connecticut, there were 307 human resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,076 and $21,602 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 50 human resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,551 and $25,342 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Major in Connecticut” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in human resource management. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their human resource management program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Major in Connecticut”.
One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut bachelor’s degree hr students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Post University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Major in Connecticut. Post University is a fairly large school located in Waterbury, Connecticut that handed out 33 bachelors’s HR degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Goodwin College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Major in Connecticut. This small school is located in East Hartford, Connecticut, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s HR degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Major in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Connecticut State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Eastern Connecticut State University is a small school located in Willimantic, Connecticut that handed out 5 bachelors’s HR degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Bridgeport. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Major in Connecticut list. UBridgeport is a small school located in Bridgeport, Connecticut that handed out 6 bachelors’s HR degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Major in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Quinnipiac University landed the #5 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Hamden, Connecticut, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s HR degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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