by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Doctorate Highly Focused on HR Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 28,787 people earned their degree in human resource management, making the major the 45th most popular in the United States. 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 5,568 human resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,870 and $27,241 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 23 human resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,076 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on HR Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in human resource management. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in human resource management.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree hr students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alvernia University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on HR Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Alvernia University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Reading, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on HR Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 17 degrees to qualified doctorate’s HR students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Human Resource Management at George Washington University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cornell University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on HR Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Cornell is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Ithaca, New York. It awarded 4 doctorate’s HR degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University at Albany. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on HR Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Albany, New York, this fairly large public school awarded 0 degrees to qualified doctorate’s HR students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carnegie Mellon University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on HR Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Carnegie Mellon University is a fairly large school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that handed out 0 doctorate’s HR degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Human Resource Management at Carnegie Mellon University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on HR Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Rutgers University - New Brunswick is a public institution located in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The school has a large population, and it awarded 601 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate 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 Rutgers University - New Brunswick Human Resource Management Report
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