2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Human Resource Management in the Middle Atlantic Region

A doctor's degree in human resource management is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #67 out of 295 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 6 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the most popular for human resource management students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 33 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

Your choice of school for getting your doctor's degree in HR matters. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Human Resource Management in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.

A high popularity ranking isn't always a sign that a school has a great overall quality ranking for human resource management, but it does mean that many students are choosing the school for some reason. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

More Ways to Rank Human Resource Management Schools

This ranking is just one of the many we have created. First of all, if you are interested in other degree levels, you may want to take a look at one of the rankings highlighted above. Also, if you are interested in attending school in a specific part of the country, see our rankings by location. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for human resource management.

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Human Resource Management in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore the most popular colleges and universities for human resource management students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Most Well Attended Schools for HR Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

George Washington University
Washington, DC

15 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In DC

#1 Best Quality In DC

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in human resource management has to check out George Washington University. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in human resource management in District of Columbia.

There were about 15 human resource management students who graduated with this degree at GWU in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in human resource management from George Washington University

2

Alvernia University
Reading, PA

12 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In PA

#1 Best Quality In PA

Alvernia University is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in human resource management. Located in the small city of Reading, Alvernia is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in human resource management in Pennsylvania.

There were approximately 12 human resource management students who graduated with this degree at Alvernia in the most recent data year.

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

3

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

5 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In NY

#1 Best Quality In NY

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Cornell University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in human resource management. Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in human resource management in New York.

There were approximately 5 human resource management individuals who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent year we have data available.

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

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Rutgers University - New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ

1 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In NJ

#1 Best Quality In NJ

Rutgers University - New Brunswick is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in human resource management. Located in the city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public university with a fairly 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 New Jersey.

There were about 1 human resource management students who graduated with this degree at Rutgers New Brunswick in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in human resource management from Rutgers University - New Brunswick

5

Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA

#2 Most Popular In PA

Carnegie Mellon is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Pittsburgh. More information about a doctorate in human resource management from Carnegie Mellon University

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University at Albany
Albany, NY

#2 Most Popular In NY

UAlbany is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Albany. More information about a doctorate in human resource management from University at Albany

Best Human Resource Management Colleges by State

Explore the most popular human resource management colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	183	6
Pennsylvania	176	15
New Jersey	113	3
District of Columbia	81	22

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Rankings in Majors Related to HR

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

HR Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	15
Organizational Behavior Studies	12
Labor & Industrial Relations	6

Majors Similar to HR

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	213
General Business/Commerce	110
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	30
Finance & Financial Management	10
Hospitality Management	2
Accounting	1
Marketing	1
General Sales & Marketing	1

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.