2025 Best Human Resource Management Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in human resource management, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #43 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for human resource management students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 160 bachelor's degrees in human resource management to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on human resource management students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other human resource management students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for human resource management to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized human resource management related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for human resource management students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Human Resource Management Schools

The hr school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Human Resource Management Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region.

In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Human Resource Management in the New England Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in human resource management.

Top New England Region Schools for a Bachelor's in HR

1

Bryant University
Smithfield, RI

21 Annual Graduates

$62,176 Median Starting Salary

It is hard to beat Bryant University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in human resource management. Located in the large suburb of Smithfield, Bryant is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

Bachelor's recipients from the human resource management major at Bryant University earn $10,354 more than the average college graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.

More information about a bachelor’s in human resource management from Bryant University

2

Post University
Waterbury, CT

42 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in human resource management needs to check out Post University. Located in the medium-sized city of Waterbury, Post University is a private for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in human resource management from Post University

Best Human Resource Management Colleges by State

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	238	50
Connecticut	183	50
New Hampshire	157	12
Rhode Island	157	40
Maine	156	4

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Rankings in Majors Related to HR

Human Resource Management is one of 21 different types of Business, Management & Marketing programs to choose from.

HR Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	130
Organizational Behavior Studies	10
Human Resources Development	9
Labor & Industrial Relations	7
Other Human Resources Management and Services	3
Labor Studies	1

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management	13,984
Finance & Financial Management	3,375
Accounting	2,847
Marketing	2,839
General Business/Commerce	1,588
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	681
Hospitality Management	440
International Business	343
Entrepreneurial Studies	297
Management Information Systems	292

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.