2025 Best Labor & Industrial Relations Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
4Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
1,187Labor Relations Degrees Awarded
A degree in labor & industrial relations is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #315 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Labor & Industrial Relations Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 1,187 degrees in labor & industrial relations to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Labor & Industrial Relations School
The labor relations program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Labor & Industrial Relations rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for labor & industrial relations schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Labor & Industrial Relations Rankings by Degree Level
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 Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Labor & Industrial Relations in the Middle Atlantic Region
The schools below may not offer all types of labor relations degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools in Labor Relations
Cornell University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in labor & industrial relations. Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Ithaca. A Best Colleges rank of #9 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.
There were roughly 361 labor & industrial relations students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent data year.
Rutgers University - New Brunswick is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in labor & industrial relations. Rutgers New Brunswick is a very large public university located in the city of New Brunswick. A Best Colleges rank of #74 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Rutgers New Brunswick is a great university overall.
There were roughly 143 labor & industrial relations students who graduated with this degree at Rutgers New Brunswick in the most recent data year.
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It's hard to beat Seton Hall University if you wish to pursue a degree in labor & industrial relations. Seton Hall is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of South Orange. This university ranks 9th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were about 58 labor & industrial relations students who graduated with this degree at Seton Hall in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in labor & industrial relations needs to look into SUNY Empire State College. Located in the small suburb of Saratoga Springs, SUNY Empire is a public college with a medium-sized student population. This college ranks 47th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 243 labor & industrial relations students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Empire in the most recent data year.
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).
The labor relations program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Labor & Industrial Relations rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for labor & industrial relations schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
