2022 Best Value HR Development Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value HR Development Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 2,019 people earned their degree in human resources development, making the major the 313th most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 106 human resources development graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 72 human resources development graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value HR Development Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in human resources development. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality human resources development programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the human resources development program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value HR Development Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree hr development students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Resources Development (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, California

#2 in overall quality

$26,710 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of San Francisco. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value HR Development Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This fairly large school is located in San Francisco, California, and it awarded 39 masters’s HR development degrees in 2019-2020.

USFCA also made our “Best Human Resources Development Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at USFCA are $26,710, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Human Resources Development at USFCA

#2

Pepperdine University

Malibu, California

#1 in overall quality

$36,320 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pepperdine University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value HR Development Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Pepperdine is a medium-sized school located in Malibu, California that handed out 32 masters’s HR development degrees in 2019-2020.

Pepperdine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Human Resources Development Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pepperdine are $36,320, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Pepperdine Human Resources Development Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Resources Development (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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