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2025 Best Human Resource Management Schools in Georgia

4 Colleges in Georgia
719 HR Degrees Awarded
$57,465 Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in human resource management is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #45 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Georgia to determine which ones were the best for human resource management students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 719 degrees in human resource management to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Human Resource Management School

Best Human Resource Management Schools in Georgia Your choice of human resource management school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Human Resource Management School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Human Resource Management Rankings by Degree Level

Associate Degrees in HR
Bachelor's Degrees in HR
Master's Degrees in HR

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Human Resource Management Schools in Georgia list to help you make the college decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Human Resource Management in Georgia

The schools below may not offer all types of hr degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Georgia Schools in HR

1
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
32 HR Degrees Awarded
$47,538 Median Starting Salary

Every student pursuing a degree in human resource management needs to look into Mercer University. Located in the medium-sized city of Macon, Mercer is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #714 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Mercer is a great university overall.

There were approximately 32 human resource management students who graduated with this degree at Mercer in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduation, hr degree recipients usually make an average of $47,538 at the beginning of their careers.

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Brenau University
Gainesville, GA
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
35 HR Degrees Awarded
$62,448 Median Starting Salary

Brenau University is a great decision for students interested in a degree in human resource management. Located in the small city of Gainesville, Brenau is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 34th out of 68 schools for overall quality in the state of Georgia.

There were approximately 35 human resource management students who graduated with this degree at Brenau in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the human resource management program at Brenau University earn $4,983 more than the average college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.

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Bachelors Degree Type
BS in Business Administration - Human Resources Management Program Name

Prepare to step into a human resources position in nearly any industry in private, nonprofit and government sectors with this specialized online bachelor's in HR from Southern New Hampshire University.

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3
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In GA

It's difficult to beat South University's online programs if you wish to pursue a degree in human resource management. South University's online programs is a moderately-sized private for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Savannah.

There were roughly 12 human resource management students who graduated with this degree at South University's online programs in the most recent year we have data available.

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4
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
$37,917 Median Starting Salary

Georgia Southwestern State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in human resource management. GSW is a small public university located in the town of Americus. This university ranks 46th out of 68 colleges for overall quality in the state of Georgia.

There were roughly 14 human resource management students who graduated with this degree at GSW in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the hr program report average early career earnings of $37,917.

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Best Human Resource Management Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Human Resource Management Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Florida 282 672
North Carolina 279 228
Virginia 274 472
Tennessee 269 161
South Carolina 248 209
Kentucky 244 139
Louisiana 242 143
Mississippi 234 45
Arkansas 234 29
Alabama 233 416
West Virginia 207 58

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Human Resource Management is one of 21 different types of Business, Management & Marketing programs to choose from.

HR Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration 674
Organizational Behavior Studies 26
Other Human Resources Management and Services 11
Human Resources Development 8

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Majors Similar to HR

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 10,197
Accounting 3,289
General Business/Commerce 2,027
Marketing 2,025
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 1,414
Business Support & Assistant Services 1,361
Finance & Financial Management 1,335
Entrepreneurial Studies 569
Management Information Systems 517
Business/Managerial Economics 346

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