Human Resources Development

A program that prepares individuals to apply integrated training, organizational development, and career planning and counseling skills to the design, management, and evaluation of programs to improve individual productivity, employability, and job satisfaction and organizational effectiveness. Includes instruction in psychology; organizational behavior; principles of adult education; occupational counseling; skill testing and evaluation; program design; consulting practice; organizational development; and applications to issues such as training, management development, customer service, and total quality management.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 75 institutions across the United States, with a total of 5271 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

570

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

162

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

880

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

degrees awarded

Other Awards

3,535

awards given

Top Schools for Human Resources Development

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA	477
2	Villanova University Villanova, PA	468
3	University of Houston Houston, TX	369
4	Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX	321
5	Oakland University Rochester Hills, MI	297
6	Boise State University Boise, ID	264
7	The University of Texas at Tyler Tyler, TX	198
8	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI	198
9	Idaho State University Pocatello, ID	166
10	Clemson University Clemson, SC	147
11	Pennsylvania State University-World Campus University Park, PA	147
12	Webster University Saint Louis, MO	123
13	University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR	123
14	Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, IL	102
15	University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Oshkosh, WI	102
16	University of Houston-Clear Lake Houston, TX	102
17	Clackamas Community College Oregon City, OR	95
18	George Washington University Washington, DC	87
19	Park University Parkville, MO	78
20	Sacred Heart University Fairfield, CT	78
21	University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MS	75
22	Pittsburg State University Pittsburg, KS	72
23	Pepperdine University Malibu, CA	66
24	Dakota County Technical College Rosemount, MN	66
25	Southwestern College Winfield, KS	63
26	Barry University Miami, FL	60
27	Towson University Towson, MD	57
28	Bowie State University Bowie, MD	54
29	Bellevue University Bellevue, NE	45
30	Roosevelt University Chicago, IL	45
31	Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	45
32	McDaniel College Westminster, MD	45
33	University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA	42
34	Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI	36
35	Hawaii Pacific University Honolulu, HI	36
36	Southern Wesleyan University Central, SC	36
37	University of St Francis Joliet, IL	33
38	Lipscomb University Nashville, TN	33
39	Anoka Technical College Anoka, MN	28
40	Tusculum University Greeneville, TN	27
41	Riverland Community College Austin, MN	24
42	Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN	24
43	Chicago State University Chicago, IL	24
44	Charter Oak State College New Britain, CT	24
45	University of Wisconsin-Stout Menomonie, WI	21
46	Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY	15
47	Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Cupey Campus San Juan, PR	15
48	Limestone University Gaffney, SC	15
49	Tennessee Technological University Cookeville, TN	15
50	SUNY Buffalo State University Buffalo, NY	15
51	Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus Sewell, NJ	15
52	Queens University of Charlotte Charlotte, NC	12
53	Moravian University Bethlehem, PA	12
54	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Great Valley Malvern, PA	12
55	California Intercontinental University Sioux Falls, SD	12
56	Mount St. Mary's University Emmitsburg, MD	12
57	Midwestern State University Wichita Falls, TX	12
58	Eastern Illinois University Charleston, IL	12
59	Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland Campus Vineland, NJ	9
60	Rowan University Glassboro, NJ	8
61	Mercer University Macon, GA	6
62	La Salle University Philadelphia, PA	6
63	Oral Roberts University Tulsa, OK	6
64	Dean College Franklin, MA	4
65	University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Green Bay, WI	4
66	American Public University System Charles Town, WV	4
67	Houghton University Houghton, NY	3
68	City University of Seattle Seattle, WA	3
69	University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NE	3
70	University of North Texas Denton, TX	3
71	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	3
72	Champlain College Burlington, VT	3
73	Houston Christian University Houston, TX	3
74	Saint Louis University Saint Louis, MO	3
75	Clark University Worcester, MA	3