by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Minnesota for a Master’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 Minnesota, there were 1,526 human resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,780 and $33,779 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 642 human resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,734 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended HR Major in Minnesota for a Master’s” ranking looked at 9 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 colleges and universities below are the best for minnesota master’s degree hr students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Capella University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended HR Major in Minnesota for a Master’s. This large school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 312 masters’s HR degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended HR Major in Minnesota for a Master’s list. UMN Twin Cities is a large public school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 84 masters’s HR degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Human Resource Management at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Walden University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended HR Major in Minnesota for a Master’s. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s HR degrees to 70 students in 2020-2021.
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%.
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended HR Major in Minnesota for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Concordia University, Saint Paul landed the #4 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and it awarded 55 masters’s HR degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%.
Read full report on Human Resource Management at Concordia University, Saint Paul
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended HR Major in Minnesota for a Master’s list. Winona, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s HR degrees to 55 students in 2020-2021.
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%.
Full Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota Human Resource Management Report
The College of Saint Scholastica ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended HR Major in Minnesota for a Master’s list. Duluth, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s HR degrees to 32 students in 2020-2021.
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%.
Full The College of Saint Scholastica Human Resource Management Report
Bethel University Minnesota did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended HR Major in Minnesota for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #7. Bethel University Minnesota is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 24 masters’s HR degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Bethel University Minnesota Human Resource Management Report
Rasmussen University - Minnesota came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended HR Major in Minnesota for a Master’s ranking. Rasmussen University - Minnesota is a small school located in St. Cloud, Minnesota that handed out 10 masters’s HR degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 100%.
Full Rasmussen University - Minnesota Human Resource Management Report
University of Minnesota - Duluth did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended HR Major in Minnesota for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #9. Located in Duluth, Minnesota, this medium-sized public school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified masters’s HR students in 2020-2021.
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%.
Read full report on Human Resource Management at University of Minnesota - Duluth
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