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2023 Most Popular Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

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

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. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 36 schools in the Southeast Region to see which graduate certificate 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for HR majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

#1

Belhaven University

Jackson, MS

Our analysis found Belhaven University to be the most popular school for human resource management students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southeast Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Jackson, Belhaven is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 83% of the HR majors at the school.

Read full report on Human Resource Management at Belhaven University

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Florida International University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular human resource management schools in the Southeast Region . FIU is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Miami.

About 73% of the students majoring in HR at the school are women while 27% are male.

Full Human Resource Management at Florida International University Report

#3

Lipscomb University

Nashville, TN

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Lipscomb University is a great place for human resource management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Nashville, Lipscomb is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

About 35% of the students majoring in HR at the school are women while 65% are male.

Full Human Resource Management at Lipscomb University Report

#4

Columbia Southern University

Orange Beach, AL

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Columbia Southern University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular human resource management schools in the Southeast Region . Columbia Southern University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the town of Orange Beach.

Women make up 53% of the HR majors at the school.

Full Human Resource Management at Columbia Southern University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tennessee Technological University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the town of Cookeville, Tennessee Tech University is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

About 82% of the students majoring in HR at the school are women while 18% are male.

Read full report on Human Resource Management at Tennessee Technological University

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at American Public University System helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular human resource management schools in the Southeast Region . American Military University is a very large private for-profit school located in the fringe town of Charles Town.

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

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North Carolina State University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 7 students majoring in HR at NC State, 71% are male and 29% are female.

Read full report on Human Resource Management at North Carolina State University

#8

University of Richmond

University of Richmond, VA

University of Richmond did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for human resource management students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. URichmond is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of University of Richmond.

About 17% of the students majoring in HR at the school are women while 83% are male.

Full Human Resource Management at University of Richmond Report

University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate human resource management programs. University of Virginia is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Charlottesville.

Women make up 67% of the HR majors at the school.

Read full report on Human Resource Management at University of Virginia - Main Campus

Queens University of Charlotte came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Queens is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Charlotte.

Of the 5 students majoring in HR at Queens, 20% are male and 80% are female.

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Best Human Resource Management Colleges by State

Explore the best human resource management colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 211
Virginia 488
North Carolina 240
Florida 707
Tennessee 189
Kentucky 139
South Carolina 210
Louisiana 144
Arkansas 29
Alabama 432
Mississippi 85
West Virginia 69

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 36 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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