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. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended HR Major in Connecticut for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 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 “Most Well Attended HR Major in Connecticut for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in human resource management. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in human resource management.
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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 “Most Well Attended HR Major in Connecticut for a Bachelor’s”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended HR Major in Connecticut for a Bachelor’s”.
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended HR Major in Connecticut for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Post University landed the #1 spot on the list. 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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Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended HR Major in Connecticut for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Bridgeport landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Bridgeport, Connecticut, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s HR students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Goodwin College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended HR Major in Connecticut for a Bachelor’s list. Located in East Hartford, Connecticut, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s HR students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Connecticut State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended HR Major in Connecticut for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Willimantic, Connecticut, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s HR degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Quinnipiac University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended HR Major in Connecticut for a Bachelor’s. Quinnipiac University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Hamden, Connecticut. It awarded 1 bachelors’s HR degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
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