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2023 Best Human Resource Management Schools in the New England Region

42 Colleges
$63,983 Avg Salary
$31,893 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Human Resource Management School for You

Today's business students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Business Degree Central has created the Best Human Resource Management Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 42 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best programs for business students.

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2023 Best Human Resource Management Schools in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for hr majors pursuing a .

Top 10 Best Human Resource Management Schools

#1

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

Our 2023 rankings named Boston College the best school in the New England Region for human resource management students. Located in the small city of Chestnut Hill, Boston College is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Harvard University is a great place for human resource management students. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

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#3

Quinnipiac University

Hamden, CT

The excellent programs at Quinnipiac University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best human resource management schools in the New England Region . Located in the large suburb of Hamden, Quinnipiac is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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#4

Bryant University

Smithfield, RI

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Bryant University is a great place for human resource management students. Located in the suburb of Smithfield, Bryant is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

HR majors at Bryant take out an average of $26,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Human Resource Management Schools in the New England Region list. UMass Amherst is a very large public school located in the suburb of Amherst.

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#6

Providence College

Providence, RI

Providence College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for human resource management students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Providence, Providence is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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With a ranking of #7, University of Connecticut did quite well on this year’s best schools for human resource management students. UCONN is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Storrs.

After completing their degree, hr graduates from UCONN carry an average student debtload of $36,929.

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#8

Champlain College

Burlington, VT

With a ranking of #8, Champlain College did quite well on this year’s best schools for human resource management students. Champlain is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Burlington.

HR majors at Champlain take out an average of $25,677 in student loans while working on their egree.

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#9

Charter Oak State College

New Britain, CT

Charter Oak State College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Human Resource Management Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the suburb of New Britain, Charter Oak State College is a public college with a small student population.

On average, hr graduates from Charter Oak State College take out $30,906 in student loans while working on their degree.

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#10

Sacred Heart University

Fairfield, CT

With a ranking of #10, Sacred Heart University did quite well on this year’s best schools for human resource management students. Located in the suburb of Fairfield, Sacred Heart is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

After completing their degree, hr graduates from Sacred Heart carry an average student debtload of $34,525.

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Best Human Resource Management Colleges by State

Explore the best human resource management schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 208
Connecticut 256
New Hampshire 364
Rhode Island 111
Maine 9
Vermont 51

Human Resource Management is one of 21 different types of business programs to choose from.

HR Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration 18,023
Organizational Behavior Studies 3,650
Human Resources Development 2,083
Labor & Industrial Relations 1,778
Other Human Resources Management and Services 1,254
Labor Studies 193
Executive/Career Coaching 93

Majors Similar to HR

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 403,753
Accounting 93,982
General Business/Commerce 56,779
Finance & Financial Management 54,690
Marketing 52,078

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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.

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