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2023 Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools in the New England Region

54 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.

The Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Business Degree Central has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 54 schools in the New England Region to see which ones were the most popular 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for hr majors pursuing a .

Our analysis found Southern New Hampshire University to be the most popular school for human resource management students who want to pursue a degree in the New England Region . Located in the midsize suburb of Manchester, SNHU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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

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#2

Champlain College

Burlington, VT

Out of the 54 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Champlain College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Champlain is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Burlington.

After completing their degree, hr graduates from Champlain carry an average student debt load of $25,677.

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#3

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

The excellent programs at Harvard 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 . Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.

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#4

Fitchburg State University

Fitchburg, MA

The excellent programs at Fitchburg State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best human resource management schools in the New England Region . Located in the suburb of Fitchburg, Fitchburg State is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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#5

Post University

Waterbury, CT

Out of the 54 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Post University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Waterbury, Post University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

While working on their degree, hr majors at Post University accumulate an average of around $14,250 in student debt.

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#6

University of Hartford

West Hartford, CT

University of Hartford ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools in the New England Region list. UHart is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of West Hartford.

On average, hr graduates from UHart take out $29,232 in student loans while working on their degree.

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#7

Quinnipiac University

Hamden, CT

Quinnipiac University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large suburb of Hamden, Quinnipiac is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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With a ranking of #8, Johnson & Wales University - Online did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for human resource management students. JWU Online is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Providence.

On average, hr graduates from JWU Online take out $30,291 in student loans while working on their degree.

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With a ranking of #9, University of Rhode Island did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for human resource management students. URI is a large public school located in the large suburb of Kingston.

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University of Connecticut ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools in the New England Region list. UCONN is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Storrs.

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

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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 27 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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