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2023 Most Popular Online Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

13 Colleges
$47,300 Avg Salary
$21,385 Avg Student Debt

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Online Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online HR graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Great Lakes Region .

Our 2023 rankings named DeVry University - Illinois the most popular online school in the Great Lakes Region for human resource management students working on their graduate certificate. DeVry University - Illinois is a very large private for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

About 78% of the students majoring in HR at the school are women while 22% are male.

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Out of the 13 online programs at schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wright Graduate University for the Realization of Human Potential landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Elkhorn, Wright Graduate University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

About 79% of the students majoring in HR at the school are women while 21% are male.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Indiana Institute of Technology is a great place for human resource management students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the city of Fort Wayne, Indiana Tech is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 75% of the HR majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of St Francis. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online 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.

About 64% of the students majoring in HR at the school are women while 36% are male.

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#5

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

Out of the 13 online programs at schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Concordia University, Chicago landed the # 5 spot on the list. Concordia University, Chicago is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of River Forest.

Women make up 78% of the HR majors at the school.

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#5

Davenport University

Grand Rapids, MI

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Davenport University is a great place for human resource management students working on their online graduate certificate. Davenport University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Grand Rapids.

Of the 9 students majoring in HR at Davenport University, 44% are male and 56% are female.

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#7

Walsh College

Troy, MI

Walsh College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Walsh is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Troy.

Women make up 50% of the HR majors at the school.

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#8

Indiana State University

Terre Haute, IN

Indiana State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for human resource management students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Indiana State is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Terre Haute.

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#8

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

With a ranking of #8, Michigan State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for human resource management students working on their online graduate certificate. Michigan State is a very large public school located in the city of East Lansing.

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Ohio University - Athens Campus ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Online Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Explore the most popular online 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

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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 13 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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