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2023 Best Value Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$19,806 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,300 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, human resource management was ranked #44 in the country. In fact 28,787 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which 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.

The Best Value Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 6 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for HR students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Human Resource Management

#1

Brandman University

Irvine, CA

Our analysis found Brandman University to be the best value school for human resource management students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Far Western US Region . Brandman is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Irvine.

Brandman graduate students pay an average of $12,720 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Brandman also did well on our Best Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Human Resource Management at Brandman University Report

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Golden Gate University - San Francisco helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value human resource management schools in the Far Western US Region . Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Francisco.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Golden Gate University - San Francisco are $19,875 per year.

Full Human Resource Management at Golden Gate University - San Francisco Report

Out of the 6 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Northridge landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Northridge, CSUN is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CSUN are $17,981 a year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Southern Oregon University is a great value for human resource management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Ashland, Southern Oregon University is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Southern Oregon University are $18,569 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Central Washington University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the distant town of Ellensburg, CWU is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CWU are $25,681 per year.

Read full report on Human Resource Management at Central Washington University

Portland State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the large city of Portland, Portland State University is a public school with a very large student population.

Portland State University graduate students pay an average of $24,009 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Human Resource Management at Portland State University Report

Best Human Resource Management Colleges by State

Explore the best human resource management colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 1,695
Washington 112
Oregon 177
Nevada 1
Hawaii 55
Alaska 12

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

Majors Similar to HR

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 416,590
Accounting 99,265
Finance & Financial Management 57,778
General Business/Commerce 56,042
Marketing 52,916

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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