by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Major in Maryland” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Maryland, there were 791 human resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,812 and $31,361 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 143 human resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,303 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Major in Maryland” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Major in Maryland” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Major in Maryland”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bowie State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Major in Maryland list. Located in Bowie, Maryland, this medium-sized public school handed out 37 degrees to qualified masters’s HR students in 2020-2021.
Full Bowie State University Human Resource Management Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Strayer University - Maryland. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Major in Maryland. 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.
Read full report on Human Resource Management at Strayer University - Maryland
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Major in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Towson University landed the #3 spot on the list. Towson University is a large public school situated in Towson, Maryland. It awarded 84 masters’s HR degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend McDaniel College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on HR Major in Maryland. McDaniel is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Westminster, Maryland. It awarded 3 masters’s HR degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.
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