2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Labor & Industrial Relations (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Labor Relations Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

Labor & Industrial Relations is the 296th most popular major in the country with 1,903 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 52 labor and industrial relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 52 labor and industrial relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Labor Relations Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in labor and industrial relations. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent labor and industrial relations programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the labor and industrial relations program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Labor Relations Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree labor relations students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Labor & Industrial Relations (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$26,154 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Virginia University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Labor Relations Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Morgantown, West Virginia, this large public school handed out 27 degrees to qualified masters’s labor relations students in 2019-2020.

WVU also made our “Best Labor & Industrial Relations Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at West Virginia University are $26,154, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Labor & Industrial Relations at WVU

#2

Marshall University

Huntington, West Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$21,162 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marshall University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Labor Relations Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Marshall University is located in Huntington, West Virginia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 25 masters’s labor relations degrees to qualified students.

Marshall University also made our “Best Labor & Industrial Relations Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Marshall University are $21,162.

Full Marshall University Labor & Industrial Relations Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Labor & Industrial Relations (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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