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2023 Best Value Human Resource Management Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

29 Colleges
$12,478 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$42,399 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Human Resource Management Undergraduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 28,787 people earned a degree or certificate in human resource management, making the major the #44 most popular in the United States.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Human Resource Management Undergraduate Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 29 schools in the United States to see which undergraduate 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.

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.

2023 Best Value Human Resource Management Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for HR majors pursuing a undergraduate certificate.

Top 10 Best Human Resource Management Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Our analysis found Western Iowa Tech Community College to be the best value school for human resource management students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the United States. Located in the city of Sioux City, Western Iowa Tech Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Western Iowa Tech Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,826 in tuition and fees each year. On average, HR graduates from Western Iowa Tech Community College take out $17,721 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lakeshore Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Human Resource Management Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. LTC is a small public school located in the rural area of Cleveland.

LTC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,056 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, LTC also did well on our Best Human Resource Management Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Out of the 29 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Dakota County Technical College landed the # 3 spot on the list. DCTC is a small public school located in the rural area of Rosemount.

DCTC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,208 in tuition and fees each year.

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

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Madison Area Technical College is a great value for human resource management students working on their undergraduate certificate. Madison College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Madison.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Madison College are $6,769 a year.

Madison College also claimed a spot on our Best Human Resource Management Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.

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#5

Mid-State Technical College

Wisconsin Rapids, WI

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Mid-State Technical College is a great value for human resource management students working on their undergraduate certificate. Mid-State is a small public school located in the rural area of Wisconsin Rapids.

Mid-State undergraduate students pay an average of $6,351 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Mid-State is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Human Resource Management Undergraduate Certificate Schools list.

Read full report on Human Resource Management at Mid-State Technical College

Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate human resource management programs. Located in the rural area of Shell Lake, WITC is a public college with a small student population.

WITC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,960 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, WITC also is in the top 20% of our Best Human Resource Management Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking.

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University of Maryland Global Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for human resource management students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. UMGC is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Adelphi.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMGC are $12,336 per year. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, HR majors at UMGC accumulate an average of around $26,485 in student debt.

UMGC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Human Resource Management Undergraduate Certificate Schools list.

Read full report on Human Resource Management at University of Maryland Global Campus

Thomas Edison State University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate human resource management programs. Located in the small city of Trenton, TESU is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at TESU are $9,342 a year.

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Georgia Piedmont Technical College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate human resource management programs. Located in the suburb of Clarkston, Georgia Piedmont Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

Georgia Piedmont Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,578 in tuition and fees each year.

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Central Ohio Technical College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Human Resource Management Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the suburb of Newark, COTC is a public school with a small student population.

COTC undergraduate students pay an average of $7,656 in tuition and fees each year.

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Human Resource Management by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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 25 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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