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Best Value Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

2023 Best Value Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

10 Colleges
$32,644 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.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 10 schools in the New England 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. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Top 10 Best Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

Champlain College

Burlington, VT

Our analysis found Champlain College to be the best value school for human resource management students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the New England Region . Located in the city of Burlington, Champlain is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Champlain are $14,310 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Champlain is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Emmanuel College Massachusetts. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large city of Boston, Emmanuel Boston is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Emmanuel Boston are $14,319 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Emmanuel Boston also is in the top 15% of our Best Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking.

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#3

University of New Haven

West Haven, CT

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of New Haven helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value human resource management schools in the New England Region . Located in the suburb of West Haven, University of New Haven is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of New Haven are $18,070 a year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Southern New Hampshire University is a great value for human resource management students working on their graduate certificate. SNHU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of Manchester.

SNHU graduate students pay an average of $19,470 in tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Out of the 10 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Harvard are $52,170 per year.

Harvard also made our Best Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list, coming in at #1.

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University of Rhode Island landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate human resource management programs. Located in the large suburb of Kingston, URI is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at URI are $29,774 per year. While working on their Graduate Certificate, HR majors at URI accumulate an average of around $24,535 in student debt.

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University of Connecticut 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 #7 on the list. Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCONN are $42,237 per year.

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University of Southern Maine landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate human resource management programs. University of Southern Maine is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Portland.

University of Southern Maine graduate students pay an average of $22,968 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #9, Franklin Pierce University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for human resource management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the rural area of Rindge, Franklin Pierce is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Franklin Pierce are $36,650 per year.

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#10

Suffolk University

Boston, MA

Suffolk University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate human resource management programs. Located in the large city of Boston, Suffolk is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Suffolk are $39,813 a year.

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Best Human Resource Management Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 311
Connecticut 263
New Hampshire 432
Maine 10
Rhode Island 145
Vermont 97

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

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 10 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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