2025 Best Human Resource Management Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Human Resource Management is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #72 most popular doctor's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Human Resource Management Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 105 doctor's degrees in human resource management to qualified students.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to human resource management students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of human resource management students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• 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.
• Student Debt - How much debt human resource management students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized human resource management related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for human resource management students working on their doctor'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 Human Resource Management Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Human Resource Management in the Southeast Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in human resource management.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Doctorate in HR

1

Regent University
Virginia Beach, VA

92 Annual Graduates

$90,098 Median Starting Salary

It is hard to beat Regent University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in human resource management. Regent is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Virginia Beach.

Doctorate students who receive their degree from the hr program make about $90,098 for their early career.

More information about a doctorate in human resource management from Regent University

2

University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS

11 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in human resource management has to look into University of Southern Mississippi. Located in the city of Hattiesburg, Southern Miss is a public university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in human resource management from University of Southern Mississippi

Best Human Resource Management Colleges by State

Explore the best human resource management schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	138	0
Virginia	127	103
Mississippi	113	4
Louisiana	103	0

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Human Resource Management Related Rankings by Major

Human Resource Management is one of 21 different types of Business, Management & Marketing programs to choose from.

HR Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Organizational Behavior Studies	92
Human Resources Development	13

Most Popular Majors Related to HR

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	1,377
General Business/Commerce	59
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	46
Other Business, Management & Marketing	35
Hospitality Management	14
Accounting	8
Business/Managerial Economics	4
Management Information Systems	3
Finance & Financial Management	2
Marketing	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.