2025 Best Labor & Industrial Relations Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Jersey

Labor & Industrial Relations is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #249 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in New Jersey to determine which ones were the best for labor & industrial relations students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 186 bachelor's degrees in labor & industrial relations to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to labor & industrial relations students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of labor & industrial relations students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized labor & industrial relations related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for labor & industrial relations students working on their bachelor's degree.

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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 Labor & Industrial Relations Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Jersey list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Labor & Industrial Relations in New Jersey

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in labor & industrial relations.

Top New Jersey Schools for a Bachelor's in Labor Relations

1

Rutgers University - New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

128 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in labor & industrial relations needs to check out Rutgers University - New Brunswick. Located in the small city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in labor & industrial relations from Rutgers University - New Brunswick

2

Seton Hall University
South Orange, NJ

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

50 Annual Graduates

Seton Hall University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in labor & industrial relations. Located in the suburb of South Orange, Seton Hall is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in labor & industrial relations from Seton Hall University

Best Labor & Industrial Relations Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Labor & Industrial Relations Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	707	300
Pennsylvania	698	199

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Rankings in Majors Related to Labor Relations

Labor & Industrial Relations is one of 6 different types of Human Resource Management programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Labor Relations

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	290
Organizational Behavior Studies	13

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Arunkumar Umapathy. More about our data sources and methodologies.