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2023 Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools in the New England Region

54 Colleges
$63,064 Avg Salary
$31,193 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Human Resource Management 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.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 54 schools in the New England 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Human Resource Management Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Southern New Hampshire University the most popular school in the New England Region for human resource management students. SNHU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized suburb of Manchester.

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#2

Champlain College

Burlington, VT

The excellent programs at Champlain College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best human resource management schools in the New England Region . Located in the city of Burlington, Champlain is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

On average, HR graduates from Champlain take out $15,937 in student loans while working on their degree.

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#3

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#4

Fitchburg State University

Fitchburg, MA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Fitchburg State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools in the New England Region list. Fitchburg State is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Fitchburg.

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#5

Post University

Waterbury, CT

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Post University is a great place for human resource management students. Post University is a large private for-profit school located in the medium-sized suburb of Waterbury.

The average amount in student loans that HR majors at Post University take out is $21,602.

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#6

University of Hartford

West Hartford, CT

University of Hartford ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the midsize city of West Hartford, UHart is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#7

Quinnipiac University

Hamden, CT

Quinnipiac University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools in the New England Region list. Quinnipiac is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Hamden.

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With a ranking of #8, Johnson & Wales University - Online did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for human resource management students. Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, JWU Online is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

On average, HR graduates from JWU Online take out $30,486 in student loans while working on their degree.

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University of Rhode Island did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for human resource management students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the suburb of Kingston, URI is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average amount in student loans that HR majors at URI take out is $20,894.

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University of Connecticut 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. Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Best Human Resource Management Colleges by State

Explore the best human resource management schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 311
Connecticut 263
New Hampshire 432
Maine 10
Rhode Island 145
Vermont 97

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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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