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2023 Most Popular Human Resource Management Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

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Finding the Best Human Resource Management Bachelor's Degree 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 Most Popular Human Resource Management Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 21 schools in the New England Region to see which ones were the most popular bachelor's degree programs for business students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Human Resource Management program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Human Resource Management Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

#1

Post University

Waterbury, CT

Our 2023 rankings named Post University the most popular school in the New England Region for human resource management students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Waterbury, Post University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

About 78% of the students majoring in hr at the school are women while 23% are male.

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#2

Bryant University

Smithfield, RI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bryant University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large suburb of Smithfield, Bryant is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Of the 26 students majoring in hr at Bryant, 35% are male and 65% are female.

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The in-demand bachelor’s degree programs at Salem State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular human resource management schools in the New England Region . Located in the large suburb of Salem, Salem State is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 19 students majoring in hr at Salem State, 16% are male and 84% are female.

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#4

Nichols College

Dudley, MA

Out of the 21 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Nichols College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Dudley, Nichols is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 57% of the hr majors at the school.

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#5

Granite State College

Concord, NH

The in-demand bachelor’s degree programs at Granite State College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular human resource management schools in the New England Region . GSC is a small public school located in the fringe town of Concord.

About 86% of the students majoring in hr at the school are women while 14% are male.

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Johnson & Wales University - Providence came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. JWU Providence is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Providence.

Of the 8 students majoring in hr at JWU Providence, 13% are male and 88% are female.

While working on their Bachelor's Degree, hr majors at JWU Providence accumulate an average of around $29,337 in student debt.

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#7

Fisher College

Boston, MA

Fisher College ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Fisher College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

Of the 5 students majoring in hr at Fisher College, 40% are male and 60% are female.

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#7

Merrimack College

North Andover, MA

Merrimack College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular bachelor’s degree human resource management programs. Located in the large suburb of North Andover, Merrimack is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

About 89% of the students majoring in hr at the school are women while 11% are male.

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#9

University of Bridgeport

Bridgeport, CT

University of Bridgeport landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular bachelor’s degree human resource management programs. UBridgeport is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Bridgeport.

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Eastern Connecticut State University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular bachelor’s degree human resource management programs. Located in the town of Willimantic, ECSU is a public college with a small student population.

Of the 9 students majoring in hr at ECSU, 44% are male and 56% are female.

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Best Human Resource Management Colleges by State

Explore the best human resource management colleges 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 21 schools only.

  • 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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