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2023 Best Human Resource Management Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

16 Colleges
$48,434 Avg Salary
$30,045 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Human Resource Management School for You

It's not easy to decide which business program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Business Degree Central has developed this Best Human Resource Management Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 16 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best programs for business students.

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2023 Best Human Resource Management Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Check out the hr programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best Human Resource Management Schools

#1

Western Governors University

Salt Lake City, UT

Our analysis found Western Governors University to be the best school for human resource management students who want to pursue a degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the large suburb of Salt Lake City, WGU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Colorado State University - Global Campus. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Human Resource Management Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado State University - Global Campus is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Aurora.

After completing their degree, hr graduates from Colorado State University - Global Campus carry an average student debtload of $28,513.

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The excellent programs at Brigham Young University - Provo helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best human resource management schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . BYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Provo.

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The excellent programs at Utah State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best human resource management schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . USU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Logan.

On average, hr graduates from USU take out $38,120 in student loans while working on their degree.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah Valley University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Human Resource Management Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the small city of Orem, UVU is a public college with a very large student population.

After completing their degree, hr graduates from UVU carry an average student debtload of $10,000.

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University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best human resource management programs. Located in the large city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#7

University of Denver

Denver, CO

University of Denver landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best human resource management programs. Located in the large city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

HR majors at DU take out an average of $41,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

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#8

Regis University

Denver, CO

Regis University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Human Resource Management Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Regis U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.

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With a ranking of #9, Boise State University did quite well on this year’s best schools for human resource management students. Boise State is a very large public school located in the city of Boise.

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Montana State University - Billings ranked #10 on this year’s Best Human Resource Management Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Montana State University - Billings is a small public school located in the medium-sized city of Billings.

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Best Human Resource Management Colleges by State

Explore the best human resource management colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 907
Utah 1,090
Idaho 122
Wyoming 3
Montana 8

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

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 16 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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