2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Labor & Industrial Relations in the Southeast Region
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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Labor Relations Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Labor & Industrial Relations is the 315th most popular major in the country with 1,778 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southeast region, there were 23 labor & industrial relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 23 labor & industrial relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,462 and $43,311 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Labor Relations Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in labor & industrial relations. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their labor & industrial relations program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Labor Relations Major in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree labor relations students.
Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Labor & Industrial Relations in the Southeast Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Labor Relations Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Marshall University landed the #1 spot on the list. Marshall University is located in Huntington, West Virginia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 23 masters’s labor relations degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% 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 Marshall University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Labor Relations Major in the Southeast Region list. WVU is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 masters’s labor relations degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full WVU Labor & Industrial Relations Report
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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