2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Human Resource Management in the Great Lakes Region

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in human resource management, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #67 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2022, College Factual analyzed 6 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Human Resource Management in the Great Lakes Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 18 doctor's degrees in human resource management during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Human Resource Management School for Your Doctor's Degree

The HR doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. We created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Human Resource Management in the Great Lakes Region ranking to make it a little easier to choose the right one for you.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of human resource management students usually has them for a reason. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

One Size Does Not Fit All

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. Plus, you can view our other rankings for human resource management.

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Human Resource Management in the Great Lakes Region

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in human resource management.

Most Well Attended Schools for HR Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

5 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In IL

#1 Best Quality In IL

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in human resource management has to take a look at Northwestern University. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Evanston. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in human resource management in Illinois.

There were roughly 5 human resource management students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent data year.

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2

Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH

4 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In OH

#1 Best Quality In OH

Case Western Reserve University is a popular option for students pursuing a doctor's degree in human resource management. Case Western is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Cleveland. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in human resource management in Ohio.

There were approximately 4 human resource management students who graduated with this degree at Case Western in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in human resource management from Case Western Reserve University

2

Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI

4 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In MI

#1 Best Quality In MI

Michigan State University is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in human resource management. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public university with a very large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in human resource management in Michigan.

There were roughly 4 human resource management individuals who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in human resource management from Michigan State University

4

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL

3 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Most Popular In IL

#2 Best Quality In IL

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in human resource management has to look into University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a very large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in human resource management in Illinois.

There were approximately 3 human resource management individuals who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in human resource management from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

5

Benedictine University
Lisle, IL

2 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#3 Most Popular In IL

#3 Best Quality In IL

Located in the large suburb of Lisle, Benedictine U is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for doctor's degrees in human resource management in Illinois.

There were about 2 human resource management students who graduated with this degree at Benedictine U in the most recent year we have data available.

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

6

Ohio State University - Main Campus
Columbus, OH

#2 Most Popular In OH

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Ohio State is a very large public university located in the city of Columbus. More information about a doctorate in human resource management from Ohio State University - Main Campus

Best Human Resource Management Colleges by State

Explore the most popular human resource management colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	153	20
Michigan	149	3
Ohio	144	3

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Human Resource Management Related Rankings by Major

One of 21 majors within the Business, Management & Marketing area of study, Human Resource Management has other similar majors worth exploring.

HR Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Organizational Behavior Studies	14
Labor & Industrial Relations	3
Labor Studies	1

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	213
General Business/Commerce	39
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	18
Accounting	12
Finance & Financial Management	7
Hospitality Management	5
Marketing	5
Business/Managerial Economics	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.