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2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Labor Relations Major in the Great Lakes Region

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Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Labor Relations Major in the Great Lakes Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Labor Relations Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Labor & Industrial Relations is the 315th most popular major in the country with 1,778 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 282 labor & industrial relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 217 labor & industrial relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,182 and $43,142 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Labor Relations Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in labor & industrial relations. That schools that top this list have a program in labor & industrial relations in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Labor Relations Major in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Labor Relations Major in the Great Lakes Region”.

Top 6 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Labor & Industrial Relations in the Great Lakes Region

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Labor Relations Major in the Great Lakes Region list. UIUC is a large public school situated in Champaign, Illinois. It awarded 151 masters’s labor relations degrees in 2021-2022.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Labor & Industrial Relations at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Labor Relations Major in the Great Lakes Region. Michigan State University is a large public school situated in East Lansing, Michigan. It awarded 47 masters’s labor relations degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Labor & Industrial Relations at Michigan State University

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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Labor Relations Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Cleveland State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Cleveland State University is located in Cleveland, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 17 masters’s labor relations degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Labor & Industrial Relations at Cleveland State University

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Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Labor Relations Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayne State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Wayne State is a large school located in Detroit, Michigan that handed out 2 masters’s labor relations degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Labor & Industrial Relations at Wayne State

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Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Loyola University Chicago. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Labor Relations Major in the Great Lakes Region. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 0 masters’s labor relations degrees in 2021-2022.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Loyola Chicago Labor & Industrial Relations Report

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Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Labor Relations Major in the Great Lakes Region. Northwestern is a large school located in Evanston, Illinois that handed out 0 masters’s labor relations degrees in 2021-2022.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 99%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Labor & Industrial Relations at Northwestern

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