2025 Best Human Resources Development Schools in Maryland
3Colleges in Maryland
117HR Development Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in human resources development, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #290 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Maryland to determine which ones were the best for human resources development students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 117 degrees in human resources development to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Human Resources Development School
The hr development program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Human Resources Development rankings. For our Best Overall Human Resources Development School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Human Resources Development Rankings by Degree Level
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 Resources Development Schools in Maryland list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Human Resources Development in Maryland
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the hr development degrees they offer, see the list below.
Any student pursuing a degree in human resources development has to take a look at Towson University. Towson is a fairly large public university located in the city of Towson. A Best Colleges rank of #188 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Towson is a great university overall.
There were approximately 76 human resources development students who graduated with this degree at Towson in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat McDaniel College if you wish to pursue a degree in human resources development. Located in the fringe town of Westminster, McDaniel is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 23rd out of 35 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maryland.
There were roughly 6 human resources development students who graduated with this degree at McDaniel in the most recent year we have data available.
Bowie State University is a good choice for students interested in a degree in human resources development. Bowie State University is a medium-sized public university located in the large suburb of Bowie. This university ranks 31st out of 35 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maryland.
There were about 27 human resources development students who graduated with this degree at Bowie State University in the most recent year we have data available.
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).