by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on HR Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Human Resource Management is the 45th most popular major in the country with 27,074 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , human resource management graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $49,791 and had an average of $32,463 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 5,033 human resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,927 and $29,896 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 30 human resource management graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,470 and $126,402 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on HR Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in human resource management. That schools that top this list have a program in human resource management in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree hr students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Benedictine University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on HR Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Lisle, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s hr degrees to 10 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on HR Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Case Western Reserve University landed the #2 spot on the list. Case Western Reserve University is located in Cleveland, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s hr degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on Human Resource Management at Case Western
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on HR Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Northwestern University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Evanston, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 99%.
Read full report on Human Resource Management at Northwestern University
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on HR Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Champaign, Illinois, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s hr degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wright Graduate University for the Realization of Human Potential. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on HR Major in the Great Lakes Region. Wright Graduate University is a small school located in Elkhorn, Wisconsin that handed out 6 doctorate’s hr degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on HR Major in the Great Lakes Region. Michigan State is a public institution located in East Lansing, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Human Resource Management at Michigan State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on HR Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Ohio State is a public institution located in Columbus, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 92 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Ohio State University - Main Campus Human Resource Management Report
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