2025 Best Labor & Industrial Relations Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in labor & industrial relations, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #249 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for labor & industrial relations students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 202 bachelor's degrees in labor & industrial relations to qualified students.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on labor & industrial relations students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other labor & industrial relations students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Labor & Industrial Relations Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Labor & Industrial Relations in the Plains States Region

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for labor & industrial relations students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Plains States Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Labor Relations

1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

33 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in labor & industrial relations needs to look into University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in labor & industrial relations from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

2

University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA

169 Annual Graduates

University of Iowa is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in labor & industrial relations. Iowa is a fairly large public university located in the city of Iowa City.More information about a bachelor’s in labor & industrial relations from University of Iowa

Best Labor & Industrial Relations Colleges by State

Explore the best labor & industrial relations schools for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	446	27
Iowa	403	149

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Labor & Industrial Relations Related Rankings by Major

One of 6 majors within the Human Resource Management area of study, Labor & Industrial Relations has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	863
Organizational Behavior Studies	152
Human Resources Development	21
Other Human Resources Management and Services	2

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.