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 Master’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” 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 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 2,006 human resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,572 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 65 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in human resource management. That schools that top this list have a program in human resource management in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree hr students.
Out of the 65 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, DeVry University - Pennsylvania landed the #1 spot on the list. DeVry University - Pennsylvania is a private for-profit institution located in Ft. Washington, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Strayer University - Delaware. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Located in Newark, Delaware, this small private for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified masters’s HR students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Francis University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Saint Francis is a small school located in Loretto, Pennsylvania that handed out 26 masters’s HR degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, 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 Villanova University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Villanova is a private not-for-profit institution located in Villanova, Pennsylvania. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 151 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bowie State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Bowie, Maryland is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s HR degrees to 37 students in 2020-2021.
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Strayer University - Maryland landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Strayer University - Maryland is located in Suitland, Maryland and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 19 masters’s HR degrees to qualified students.
Full Strayer University - Maryland Human Resource Management Report
DeVry College of New York came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. DeVry College of New York is a private for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Robert Morris University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. RMU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Moon Township, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 41 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.
Goldey - Beacom College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Goldey - Beacom College is located in Wilmington, Delaware and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 masters’s HR degrees to qualified students.
Full Goldey - Beacom College Human Resource Management Report
La Roche University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s HR students 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%.
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Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 21 masters’s HR degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Strayer University - District of Columbia ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Strayer University - District of Columbia is a small school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 4 masters’s HR degrees in 2020-2021.
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University of Scranton ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Scranton, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s HR degrees to 34 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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 89%.
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Strayer University - Global Region did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #14. Strayer University - Global Region is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 45 masters’s HR degrees to qualified students.
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Seton Hall University ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Seton Hall is a medium-sized school located in South Orange, New Jersey that handed out 50 masters’s HR degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Cornell University landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Cornell is a private not-for-profit institution located in Ithaca, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 124 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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 96%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Stony Brook University came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Stony Brook University is a large school located in Stony Brook, New York that handed out 135 masters’s HR degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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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Towson University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #18. Located in Towson, Maryland, this large public school awarded 84 degrees to qualified masters’s HR 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Shippensburg, Pennsylvania is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s HR degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Human Resource Management Report
West Chester University of Pennsylvania came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 56 masters’s HR degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
With a ranking of #21, Rutgers University - New Brunswick did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, this large public school handed out 144 diplomas to qualified masters’s HR students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #22, Mercy College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Dobbs Ferry, New York is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s HR degrees to 29 students in 2020-2021.
Trinity Washington University ranked #23 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s HR degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
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Nazareth College ranked #24 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Rochester, New York, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified masters’s HR students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
With a ranking of #25, Excelsior College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Excelsior College is a fairly large school located in Albany, New York that handed out 59 masters’s HR degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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