by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 the Plains States region, there were 3,360 human resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,663 and $38,361 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,463 human resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 58 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 colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree hr students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Waldorf University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Plains States Region list. Waldorf University is a small school located in Forest City, Iowa that handed out 72 bachelors’s HR degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Human Resource Management at Waldorf University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dickinson State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Plains States Region list. Dickinson State University is located in Dickinson, North Dakota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 24 bachelors’s HR degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ottawa University - Kansas City. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Plains States Region list. Ottawa University - Kansas City is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Overland Park, Kansas. It awarded 7 bachelors’s HR degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full Ottawa University - Kansas City Human Resource Management Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Dubuque. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Plains States Region list. University of Dubuque is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dubuque, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Park University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Plains States Region. Park University is located in Parkville, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 101 bachelors’s HR degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Human Resource Management at Park University
Mount Mercy University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Mount Mercy University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It awarded 22 bachelors’s HR degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Human Resource Management at Mount Mercy University
Upper Iowa University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Plains States Region list. Upper Iowa University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fayette, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 53 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Ottawa University - Online ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Plains States Region list. Ottawa University - Online is a private not-for-profit institution located in Ottawa, Kansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 2 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on Human Resource Management at Ottawa University - Online
With a ranking of #9, Columbia College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Plains States Region list. Columbia College Missouri is a private not-for-profit institution located in Columbia, Missouri. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 90 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #10, Metropolitan State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Plains States Region list. Metro State is a public institution located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 65 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #11, William Penn University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Plains States Region list. Oskaloosa, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s HR degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
Full William Penn University Human Resource Management Report
Southwestern College came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Plains States Region ranking. SC is a small school located in Winfield, Kansas that handed out 15 bachelors’s HR degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Grand View University landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Des Moines, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 14 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s HR students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Human Resource Management at Grand View University
Bellevue University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Bellevue University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Bellevue, Nebraska. It awarded 84 bachelors’s HR degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Winona State University ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Plains States Region list. Winona, Minnesota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s HR degrees to 39 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Winona State University Human Resource Management Report
Central Christian College of Kansas landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Central Christian College of Kansas is a small school located in McPherson, Kansas that handed out 3 bachelors’s HR degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Central Christian College of Kansas Human Resource Management Report
Bethel University Minnesota came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Bethel University Minnesota is a small school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota that handed out 20 bachelors’s HR degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Read more about Human Resource Management at Bethel University Minnesota
Concordia University, Saint Paul landed the #18 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Concordia University, Saint Paul is a medium-sized school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota that handed out 33 bachelors’s HR degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Human Resource Management at Concordia University, Saint Paul
University of Iowa ranked #19 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Iowa City, Iowa, this large public school awarded 149 degrees to qualified bachelors’s HR students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Dordt University came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Dordt is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Sioux Center, Iowa. It awarded 7 bachelors’s HR degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Human Resource Management at Dordt University
Grantham University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #21. Grantham University is a medium-sized private for-profit school situated in Lenexa, Kansas. It awarded 28 bachelors’s HR degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Human Resource Management at Grantham University
Wichita State University ranked #22 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Plains States Region list. WSU is a fairly large public school situated in Wichita, Kansas. It awarded 48 bachelors’s HR degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Human Resource Management at Wichita State University
Coe College came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Coe College is located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s HR degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #24, The College of Saint Scholastica did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Plains States Region list. St. Scholastica is located in Duluth, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 18 bachelors’s HR degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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%.
Full The College of Saint Scholastica Human Resource Management Report
Minnesota State University - Mankato came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in Mankato, Minnesota, this fairly large public school handed out 44 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s HR students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Human Resource Management at Minnesota State Mankato
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