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2023 Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools in the Far Western US Region

73 Colleges
$52,295 Avg Salary
$26,166 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Human Resource Management 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 73 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Human Resource Management program at each school on the list.

Check out the HR programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Far Western US Region .

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Southern California is a great place for human resource management students. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Portland State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of Portland, Portland State University is a public school with a fairly large student population.

HR majors at Portland State University take out an average of $25,668 in student loans while working on their egree.

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#4

Fielding Graduate University

Santa Barbara, CA

The excellent programs at Fielding Graduate University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best human resource management schools in the Far Western US Region . Fielding is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Santa Barbara.

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#5

University of La Verne

La Verne, CA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of La Verne. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools in the Far Western US Region list. ULV is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of La Verne.

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#6

National University

La Jolla, CA

National University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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University of Phoenix - California did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for human resource management students. It came in at #6 on the list. UOPX - California is a small private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Costa Mesa.

On average, HR graduates from UOPX - California take out $32,642 in student loans while working on their degree.

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#8

Brandman University

Irvine, CA

Brandman University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Brandman is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Irvine.

While working on their degree, HR majors at Brandman accumulate an average of around $25,000 in student debt.

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#9

Pepperdine University

Malibu, CA

With a ranking of #9, Pepperdine University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for human resource management students. Located in the suburb of Malibu, Pepperdine is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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Golden Gate University - San Francisco did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for human resource management students. It came in at #10 on the list. Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Francisco.

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Honorable Mentions

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools in the Far Western US Region award.

Rank College Location
11 San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia Visalia, CA
12 University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA
13 University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI
14 University of Washington - Seattle Campus Seattle, WA

Best Human Resource Management Colleges by State

Explore the best human resource management schools 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 26 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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