2024 Best Human Resources Development Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
4Colleges in the Southwest Region
127Master's Degrees
If you plan on getting your master's degree in human resources development, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #138 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Human Resources Development Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 127 master's degrees in human resources development during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great Human Resources Development School for Your Master's Degree
The hr development master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to human resources development students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - The number of human resources development students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized human resources development related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for human resources development students working on their master's degree.
More Ways to Rank Human Resources Development Schools
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Human Resources Development Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Human Resources Development in the Southwest Region
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in human resources development.
Top Southwest Region Schools for a Master's in HR Development
MSU Texas is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in human resources development. Located in the medium-sized city of Wichita Falls, MSU Texas is a public school with a medium-sized student population.More information about a master’s in human resources development from MSU Texas
Best Human Resources Development Colleges by State
Explore the best human resources development schools for a specific state in the Southwest Region .
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).