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2023 Most Popular Human Resource Management Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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Finding the Best Human Resource Management Master's Degree 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. 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.

The Most Popular Human Resource Management Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 54 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs 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 master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Great Lakes Region .

Our analysis found DeVry University - Illinois to be the most popular school for human resource management students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . DeVry University - Illinois is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Chicago.

About 80% of the students majoring in HR at the school are women while 20% are male.

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Out of the 54 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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

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#3

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

Out of the 54 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Michigan University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Central Michigan is a large public school located in the distant town of Mount Pleasant.

Of the 103 students majoring in HR at Central Michigan, 23% are male and 77% are female.

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Out of the 54 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Marion, IWU is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

About 87% of the students majoring in HR at the school are women while 13% are male.

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Out of the 54 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Michigan University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Eastern Michigan is a large public school located in the large suburb of Ypsilanti.

About 71% of the students majoring in HR at the school are women while 29% are male.

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#6

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

DePaul University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for human resource management students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Of the 62 students majoring in HR at DePaul, 16% are male and 84% are female.

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Benedictine University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Human Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Benedictine U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Lisle.

Women make up 72% of the HR majors at the school.

Full Human Resource Management at Benedictine University Report

#8

Tiffin University

Tiffin, OH

Tiffin University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for human resource management students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Tiffin University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Tiffin.

About 66% of the students majoring in HR at the school are women while 34% are male.

Full Human Resource Management at Tiffin University Report

#8

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Michigan State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for human resource management students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Michigan State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of East Lansing.

Women make up 61% of the HR majors at the school.

Full Human Resource Management at Michigan State University Report

#10

Franklin University

Columbus, OH

Franklin University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Human Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Franklin University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Columbus.

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

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

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 Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region award.

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Best Human Resource Management Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 1,262
Ohio 1,002
Illinois 1,254
Indiana 369
Wisconsin 596

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 27 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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