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 “Most Well Attended HR Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate” 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 the Great Lakes region, there were 5,374 human resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,568 and $27,397 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 34 human resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,305 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended HR Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in human resource management. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular human resource management programs in the United States.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended HR Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate”.
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended HR Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Benedictine University landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Lisle, Illinois, and it awarded 25 doctorate’s HR degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Benedictine University Human Resource Management Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Case Western Reserve University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended HR Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate. Case Western is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Cleveland, Ohio. It awarded 4 doctorate’s HR degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Human Resource Management at Case Western Reserve University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended HR Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate. Northwestern is a private not-for-profit institution located in Evanston, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended HR Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate. Located in Champaign, Illinois, this large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s HR students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended HR Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate list. Michigan State is a public institution located in East Lansing, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 177 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Michigan State University Human Resource Management Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended HR Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate. Columbus, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s HR degrees to 92 students 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wright Graduate University for the Realization of Human Potential. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended HR Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate list. This small school is located in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, and it awarded 50 doctorate’s HR degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read more about Human Resource Management at Wright Graduate University
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