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2023 Best Value Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

17 Colleges
$21,781 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,300 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate School for You

Human Resource Management is the #44 most popular major in the country with 28,787 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for HR students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Check out the HR graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Concordia University, Chicago the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for human resource management students working on their graduate certificate. Concordia University, Chicago is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of River Forest.

Concordia University, Chicago graduate students pay an average of $9,378 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of St Francis. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Saint Francis is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Joliet.

University of Saint Francis graduate students pay an average of $13,839 in tuition and fees each year.

University of Saint Francis also claimed a spot on our Best Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

Read full report on Human Resource Management at University of St Francis

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Indiana Institute of Technology helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value human resource management schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large city of Fort Wayne, Indiana Tech is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Indiana Tech graduate students pay an average of $10,026 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Human Resource Management at Indiana Institute of Technology

#4

Walsh College

Troy, MI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Walsh College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Walsh is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Troy.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Walsh are $16,926 per year.

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#5

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Central Michigan University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Central Michigan is a large public school located in the town of Mount Pleasant.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Central Michigan are $15,644 a year.

Full Human Resource Management at Central Michigan University Report

Loyola University Chicago ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Loyola Chicago are $19,894 a year.

Read full report on Human Resource Management at Loyola University Chicago

#7

Indiana State University

Terre Haute, IN

With a ranking of #7, Indiana State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for human resource management students working on their graduate certificate. Indiana State is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Terre Haute.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Indiana State are $15,562 per year.

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DeVry University - Illinois did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for human resource management students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. DeVry University - Illinois is a very large private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Chicago.

DeVry University - Illinois graduate students pay an average of $17,552 in tuition and fees each year.

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#9

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

With a ranking of #9, Michigan State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for human resource management students working on their graduate certificate. Michigan State is a very large public school located in the small city of East Lansing.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Michigan State are $38,638 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Michigan State also is in the top 15% of our Best Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

Read full report on Human Resource Management at Michigan State University

#10

Madonna University

Livonia, MI

Madonna University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for human resource management students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Livonia, Madonna is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Madonna are $16,380 per year.

Full Human Resource Management at Madonna University Report

Best Human Resource Management Colleges by State

Explore the best human resource management schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 1,262
Ohio 1,002
Illinois 1,254
Indiana 369
Wisconsin 596

One of 21 majors within the area of study, human resource management has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 17 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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