If you plan on getting your associate degree in human resource management, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #85 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for associate degree seekers in the field of human resource management. Combined, these schools handed out 74 associate degrees in human resource management to qualified students.
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of associate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their associate degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on human resource management students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other human resource management students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How easy is it for human resource management to pay back their student loans after receiving their associate degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized human resource management related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for human resource management students working on their associate degree.
More Ways to Rank Human Resource Management Schools
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Human Resource Management Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list to help you make the college decision.
Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Human Resource Management in the Southeast Region
Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for human resource management students seeking a an associate degree.
Top Southeast Region Schools for an Associate in HR
Rasmussen University - Florida is one of the best schools in the country for getting an associate degree in human resource management. Located in the small city of Ocala, Rasmussen University - Florida is a private for-profit university with a small student population.
Human Resource Management associate degree recipients from Rasmussen University - Florida earn a boost of about $3,271 above the typical earnings of human resource management majors.
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).
