2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Human Resource Management in Rhode Island

Ranked #25 in popularity, human resource management is one of the most sought-after master's degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Rhode Island to determine which ones were the most popular for human resource management students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 58 master'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 Master's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your master's degree in HR matters. We created our Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Human Resource Management in Rhode Island 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 Master’s Students to Study Human Resource Management in Rhode Island

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in human resource management.

Most Well Attended Schools for HR Students Working on Their Master's

1

Johnson & Wales University - Online
Providence, RI

41 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In RI

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in human resource management needs to check out Johnson & Wales University - Online. JWU Online is a small private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Providence. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for master's degrees in human resource management in Rhode Island.

There were roughly 41 human resource management students who graduated with this degree at JWU Online in the most recent data year.

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2

Johnson & Wales University - Providence
Providence, RI

10 Annual Master's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In RI

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in human resource management needs to look into Johnson & Wales University - Providence. Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, JWU Providence is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for master's degrees in human resource management in Rhode Island.

There were approximately 10 human resource management individuals who graduated with this degree at JWU Providence in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a master’s in human resource management from Johnson & Wales University - Providence

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University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI

7 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In RI

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Rhode Island is a popular option for students pursuing a master's degree in human resource management. Located in the suburb of Kingston, URI is a public university with a large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in human resource management in Rhode Island.

There were roughly 7 human resource management individuals who graduated with this degree at URI in the most recent year we have data available.

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Best Human Resource Management Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Most Popular Human Resource Management Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	215	142
Connecticut	150	178
New Hampshire	102	294
Vermont	88	24

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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
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	51
Labor & Industrial Relations	7

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	533
Hospitality Management	109
Accounting	90
Finance & Financial Management	48
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	34
Construction Management	15
Taxation	12
International Business	10
Management Information Systems	3

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.