by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended HR Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 1,279 human resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended HR Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s” ranking looked at 54 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in human resource management. To top this list, a school must have a successful human resource management program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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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 the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s”.
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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 Master’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend DeVry University - Illinois. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended HR Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s. DeVry University - Illinois is a private for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 148 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Human Resource Management at DeVry University - Illinois
Out of the 54 schools in the Most Well Attended HR Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a public institution located in Champaign, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 125 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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 94%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Michigan University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended HR Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s list. This fairly large school is located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, and it awarded 103 masters’s HR degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Human Resource Management at Central Michigan
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended HR Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s. IWU is located in Marion, Indiana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 69 masters’s HR degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global Human Resource Management Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Michigan University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended HR Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s list. Eastern Michigan University is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 65 masters’s HR degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Human Resource Management at Eastern Michigan
DePaul University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended HR Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s list. DePaul University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 62 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%.
Benedictine University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended HR Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #7. Lisle, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s HR degrees to 58 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.9% 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%.
Read more about Human Resource Management at Benedictine University
Tiffin University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended HR Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s ranking. Tiffin, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s HR degrees to 44 students in 2020-2021.
Michigan State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended HR Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s ranking. Located in East Lansing, Michigan, this large public school awarded 44 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 91%. 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%.
Franklin University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended HR Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s ranking. Columbus, Ohio is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s HR degrees to 41 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Human Resource Management at Franklin University
Ohio State University - Main Campus ranked #11 on this year’s Most Well Attended HR Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s list. Ohio State University - Main Campus is a large school located in Columbus, Ohio that handed out 40 masters’s HR degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
Roosevelt University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended HR Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s ranking. Roosevelt University is a small school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 31 masters’s HR degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Toledo landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended HR Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s ranking. Located in Toledo, Ohio, this fairly large public school handed out 31 degrees to qualified masters’s HR students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Human Resource Management at University of Toledo
National Louis University landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended HR Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s ranking. NLU is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 28 masters’s HR degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Human Resource Management at National Louis University
With a ranking of #15, Indiana State University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended HR Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s list. Terre Haute, Indiana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s HR degrees to 21 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Human Resource Management at Indiana State University
Loyola University Chicago ranked #16 on this year’s Most Well Attended HR Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s list. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 20 masters’s HR degrees 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 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Case Western Reserve University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended HR Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #17. Located in Cleveland, Ohio, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 19 degrees to qualified masters’s HR students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
Full Case Western Reserve University Human Resource Management Report
Baker College landed the #18 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended HR Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s ranking. This small school is located in Owosso, Michigan, and it awarded 16 masters’s HR degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read full report on Human Resource Management at Baker College
Mount St. Joseph University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended HR Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #18. Mount St. Joseph University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 16 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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 Mount St. Joseph University Human Resource Management Report
With a ranking of #20, Concordia University, Wisconsin did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended HR Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s list. Mequon, Wisconsin is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s HR degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%.
Read more about Human Resource Management at Concordia University, Wisconsin
University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the #20 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended HR Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s ranking. University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is a large school located in Cincinnati, Ohio that handed out 15 masters’s HR degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Human Resource Management at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus
Northeastern Illinois University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended HR Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #22. Northeastern Illinois University is a public institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Human Resource Management at Northeastern Illinois University
Western Michigan University ranked #22 on this year’s Most Well Attended HR Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s list. Western Michigan University is a fairly large school located in Kalamazoo, Michigan that handed out 13 masters’s HR degrees in 2020-2021.
Wayne State University landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended HR Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s ranking. Detroit, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s HR degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Human Resource Management at Wayne State University
Saint Xavier University landed the #25 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended HR Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s ranking. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 12 degrees to qualified masters’s HR students in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #25, University of St Francis did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended HR Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s list. Located in Joliet, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified masters’s HR students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%.
Read full report on Human Resource Management at University of Saint Francis
Wright Graduate University for the Realization of Human Potential ranked #25 on this year’s Most Well Attended HR Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Master’s list. Wright Graduate University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Elkhorn, Wisconsin. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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