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Considering a degree in Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration majors who live in California.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of California.
Note: Net price is the actual cost of college paid after factoring in financial aid.The net prices displayed in these rankings are College Raptor's estimates.
“Typical” middle class family values used in the Net Price estimates on this page are:
| Rank | Institution | Typical Net Price | Sticker Price | % Savings | Undergraduates | Est. Median SAT | Acceptance Rate | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.588 | 23,453 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Rio Hondo College | 7100 | 21600 | 0.6726 | 17,441 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | University of Richmond | 9200 | 88400 | 0.896 | 3,055 | 1484 | 0.222 | |
| 3 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 102300 | 0.9104 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 5 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10000 | 27800 | 0.6392 | 9,129 | 1075 | 0.9399 | |
| 6 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 11000 | 25700 | 0.5713 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 6 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11000 | 29100 | 0.6225 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 8 | Eastern Washington University | 11400 | 31200 | 0.6347 | 6,952 | 995 | 0.9075 | |
| 9 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 11700 | 25000 | 0.5312 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 12300 | 19300 | 0.3627 | 10,084 | 1055 | 0.8572 | |
| 11 | University of Michigan-Flint | 12600 | 46300 | 0.7277 | 5,011 | 1109 | 0.7046 | |
| 12 | Trinity University | 13400 | 69600 | 0.8078 | 2,518 | 1423 | 0.2592 | |
| 13 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6079 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 13600 | 19400 | 0.2988 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 15 | Texas Woman's University | 13900 | 23200 | 0.4002 | 10,039 | 1035 | 0.9612 | |
| 16 | Dickinson State University | 14000 | 25000 | 0.4391 | 1,339 | 990 | 0.3702 | |
| 17 | Central Michigan University | 14200 | 37800 | 0.6236 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 18 | Georgia Southwestern State University | 14400 | 27400 | 0.475 | 3,024 | 1000 | 0.7517 | |
| 19 | Western Michigan University | 14900 | 26500 | 0.4381 | 13,027 | 1115 | 0.846 | |
| 20 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 21 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15400 | 25600 | 0.3977 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 22 | Trinity Washington University | 15600 | 45900 | 0.6595 | 1,658 | 0 | 0.9952 | |
| 23 | Sam Houston State University | 15700 | 30300 | 0.4815 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 24 | Portland State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3945 | 15,414 | 1094 | 0.9087 | |
| 24 | Weber State University | 15800 | 23600 | 0.33 | 31,672 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 15900 | 28200 | 0.4356 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 26 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | Grove City College | 16200 | 39700 | 0.5919 | 2,341 | 1266 | 0.7232 | |
| 29 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7438 | 20,885 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 30 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,991 | 1015 | 0.9139 | |
| 31 | Rhode Island College | 17100 | 27400 | 0.3763 | 5,154 | 995 | 0.9182 | |
| 32 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 32 | University of Memphis | 17200 | 26400 | 0.3491 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 34 | Avila University | 17400 | 64100 | 0.7283 | 1,331 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 35 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17700 | 38700 | 0.5421 | 3,781 | 1100 | 0.7568 | |
| 35 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 37 | University of St Francis | 18200 | 57800 | 0.6847 | 1,343 | 1145 | 0.6529 | |
| 38 | University of Illinois Chicago | 18400 | 30100 | 0.3893 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 39 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18600 | 22700 | 0.1806 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 40 | Carlow University | 19300 | 57800 | 0.6662 | 1,355 | 1065 | 0.8695 | |
| 41 | Illinois College | 19700 | 55200 | 0.6438 | 937 | 1059 | 0.7819 | |
| 41 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 19700 | 25700 | 0.2337 | 10,632 | 1075 | 0.8859 | |
| 41 | Youngstown State University | 19700 | 34000 | 0.4206 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 44 | Lindenwood University | 20000 | 35800 | 0.4417 | 4,663 | 1209 | 0.5684 | |
| 45 | Bellevue University | 20200 | 36400 | 0.4442 | 11,037 | 0 | 0 | |
| 45 | University of Dubuque | 20200 | 60700 | 0.6669 | 1,440 | 1090 | 0.8863 | |
| 47 | Stetson University | 20300 | 79100 | 0.7437 | 2,349 | 1179 | 0.716 | |
| 48 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 20400 | 28500 | 0.2846 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 49 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 20500 | 27800 | 0.2622 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 50 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6431 | 1,932 | 1193 | 0.9278 | |
| 51 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 20800 | 48900 | 0.5742 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 52 | Northern Michigan University | 20900 | 33100 | 0.3686 | 6,684 | 1100 | 0.8402 | |
| 53 | Culver-Stockton College | 21000 | 50600 | 0.5848 | 861 | 1025 | 0.991 | |
| 54 | Upper Iowa University | 21700 | 41700 | 0.4783 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 55 | Le Moyne College | 22000 | 58100 | 0.6209 | 2,529 | 1255 | 0.8298 | |
| 56 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 57 | Winona State University | 22300 | 29500 | 0.2455 | 5,317 | 1115 | 0.7549 | |
| 58 | Brenau University | 22800 | 51700 | 0.5587 | 1,273 | 1060 | 0.8778 | |
| 58 | Juniata College | 22800 | 73800 | 0.6909 | 1,242 | 1229 | 0.7891 | |
| 60 | Faulkner University | 22900 | 40600 | 0.4364 | 1,758 | 1025 | 0.7307 | |
| 61 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 62 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 1,162 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 63 | Indiana State University | 23500 | 32400 | 0.2748 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 64 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 45,193 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 64 | Saint Norbert College | 23700 | 63800 | 0.6283 | 1,970 | 1193 | 0.8574 | |
| 64 | Walsh University | 23700 | 46400 | 0.4888 | 1,523 | 1159 | 0.7074 | |
| 67 | Calvin University | 23900 | 53500 | 0.5532 | 3,356 | 1222 | 0.7091 | |
| 67 | Lewis University | 23900 | 57700 | 0.5856 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7129 | |
| 69 | Miami University-Oxford | 24000 | 27500 | 0.1274 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 69 | Saint Ambrose University | 24000 | 55400 | 0.5664 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 71 | Park University | 24100 | 31300 | 0.2304 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 72 | Mount Vernon Nazarene University | 24200 | 56000 | 0.568 | 1,359 | 1109 | 0.8415 | |
| 72 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 24200 | 36300 | 0.3329 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.8901 | |
| 72 | Tennessee Wesleyan University | 24200 | 45300 | 0.466 | 918 | 1075 | 0.6885 | |
| 75 | Emporia State University | 24400 | 32000 | 0.2374 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 75 | Maryville College | 24400 | 58400 | 0.5832 | 1,132 | 1167 | 0.6092 | |
| 77 | Saint Leo University | 25000 | 50000 | 0.4998 | 7,516 | 1110 | 0.784 | |
| 77 | Tiffin University | 25000 | 48000 | 0.4796 | 2,842 | 980 | 0.8005 | |
| 79 | Point Park University | 25300 | 57000 | 0.5564 | 2,337 | 1140 | 0.9691 | |
| 80 | Concordia University-Chicago | 25700 | 54900 | 0.5314 | 1,368 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 80 | Salem State University | 25700 | 43200 | 0.4053 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 82 | University of North Dakota | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0973 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 83 | Westminster College | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5504 | 1,137 | 1149 | 0.9256 | |
| 84 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 85 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 85 | Columbia College | 26400 | 46900 | 0.4372 | 5,207 | 1145 | 0.4714 | |
| 85 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4753 | 1,260 | 1143 | 0.7905 | |
| 85 | University of Mount Union | 26400 | 50900 | 0.4812 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 89 | Iowa State University | 26600 | 43300 | 0.3859 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 89 | University of the Incarnate Word | 26600 | 61400 | 0.567 | 4,638 | 1030 | 0.9814 | |
| 91 | University of Idaho | 26900 | 30600 | 0.1211 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 91 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26900 | 36500 | 0.2632 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 93 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27100 | 31100 | 0.128 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 94 | University of Arizona | 27200 | 37700 | 0.2789 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 95 | Kent State University at Kent | 27400 | 28400 | 0.0352 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 95 | Oakland University | 27400 | 39300 | 0.3027 | 12,587 | 1130 | 0.8784 | |
| 97 | Thomas College | 27900 | 55800 | 0.5003 | 1,526 | 905 | 0.963 | |
| 97 | University of Northern Iowa | 27900 | 36200 | 0.2289 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 97 | Wichita State University | 27900 | 39800 | 0.3007 | 13,313 | 1073 | 0.9395 | |
| 100 | Colorado Christian University | 28100 | 64000 | 0.5609 | 8,200 | 1110 | 0.9764 | |
| 100 | Cornell College | 28100 | 74800 | 0.6242 | 1,094 | 1243 | 0.799 | |
| 102 | Concordia University-Saint Paul | 28300 | 46000 | 0.3849 | 3,424 | 1209 | 0.7887 | |
| 103 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28400 | 32300 | 0.1207 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 104 | Regis University | 28500 | 67200 | 0.5755 | 2,689 | 1222 | 0.8646 | |
| 104 | Wayland Baptist University | 28500 | 37300 | 0.2361 | 2,087 | 1010 | 0.5596 | |
| 106 | Marquette University | 28700 | 63800 | 0.5503 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 107 | Western Illinois University | 28800 | 31000 | 0.0734 | 4,525 | 1015 | 0.7118 | |
| 108 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 28900 | 56200 | 0.4853 | 765 | 1020 | 0.6617 | |
| 109 | William Peace University | 29200 | 50200 | 0.4178 | 722 | 1180 | 0.9425 | |
| 110 | University of Toledo | 29300 | 32600 | 0.1006 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 111 | William Penn University | 29500 | 48000 | 0.3868 | 1,348 | 1000 | 0.5188 | |
| 112 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 29600 | 31800 | 0.0716 | 6,045 | 1193 | 0.8938 | |
| 113 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 29700 | 38400 | 0.2265 | 15,375 | 1103 | 0.866 | |
| 114 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 30400 | 77600 | 0.6081 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 115 | Lamar University | 30700 | 38300 | 0.1986 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 116 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 31100 | 57000 | 0.4546 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 117 | Grand View University | 31800 | 58100 | 0.4525 | 1,500 | 1020 | 0.9909 | |
| 118 | Baylor University | 31900 | 70300 | 0.546 | 14,915 | 1321 | 0.5128 | |
| 118 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 31900 | 40900 | 0.22 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 120 | Central Baptist College | 32100 | 35900 | 0.1053 | 547 | 1035 | 0.6346 | |
| 121 | University of Scranton | 32300 | 78700 | 0.5891 | 3,613 | 1250 | 0.8123 | |
| 122 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3124 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 122 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32800 | 40200 | 0.1841 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 124 | North Central College | 32900 | 64900 | 0.4931 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 125 | Auburn University at Montgomery | 33300 | 34800 | 0.0432 | 3,325 | 1085 | 0.9157 | |
| 125 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 127 | Ottawa University-Surprise | 33400 | 67500 | 0.5055 | 837 | 995 | 0.7815 | |
| 128 | Fisher College | 33800 | 65300 | 0.4818 | 1,536 | 961 | 0.7068 | |
| 129 | DeSales University | 33900 | 68500 | 0.505 | 2,166 | 1185 | 0.7709 | |
| 130 | John Carroll University | 34000 | 73100 | 0.5352 | 2,339 | 1292 | 0.809 | |
| 131 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.2948 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 131 | Thomas Jefferson University | 34200 | 68100 | 0.498 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 133 | Southern New Hampshire University | 34300 | 44300 | 0.2256 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 133 | University of St Thomas | 34300 | 70300 | 0.5124 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8536 | |
| 135 | Meredith College | 34700 | 64200 | 0.4596 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 136 | Seton Hill University | 34900 | 65000 | 0.463 | 1,501 | 1134 | 0.7953 | |
| 137 | Baldwin Wallace University | 35300 | 66100 | 0.4662 | 2,862 | 1203 | 0.757 | |
| 138 | Mount Mercy University | 35400 | 61200 | 0.4216 | 1,139 | 1110 | 0.8252 | |
| 138 | Temple University | 35400 | 56400 | 0.3724 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 140 | Davenport University | 36000 | 44400 | 0.1892 | 3,741 | 0 | 0.9784 | |
| 141 | Bloomfield College of Montclair State University | 37100 | 38500 | 0.0364 | 799 | 865 | 0.6974 | |
| 141 | Goldey-Beacom College | 37100 | 40200 | 0.0778 | 697 | 0 | 0.8451 | |
| 143 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38500 | 53100 | 0.2748 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 143 | Western New England University | 38500 | 69200 | 0.4438 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 145 | Alvernia University | 38900 | 69400 | 0.4394 | 2,192 | 1195 | 0.5806 | |
| 146 | Loyola University Chicago | 39100 | 74100 | 0.4722 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 147 | Concordia University Texas | 39200 | 45800 | 0.1446 | 1,188 | 990 | 0.9125 | |
| 147 | Xavier University | 39200 | 68100 | 0.4246 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8641 | |
| 149 | Nichols College | 39600 | 59600 | 0.3359 | 1,163 | 1135 | 0.8084 | |
| 150 | McKendree University | 39900 | 52200 | 0.2352 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 151 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1166 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 152 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40400 | 66000 | 0.3874 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8841 | |
| 153 | Pace University | 40600 | 74800 | 0.4571 | 8,038 | 1260 | 0.7592 | |
| 154 | St. John Fisher University | 40700 | 62500 | 0.3488 | 2,571 | 1215 | 0.664 | |
| 155 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40800 | 57000 | 0.2841 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 156 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 41500 | 53200 | 0.22 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 157 | Oglethorpe University | 41800 | 68600 | 0.3906 | 1,396 | 1216 | 0.8845 | |
| 158 | Immaculata University | 41900 | 47900 | 0.1253 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8576 | |
| 159 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1643 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 160 | Anderson University | 42300 | 53600 | 0.2108 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 161 | Bryant University | 42500 | 75900 | 0.4398 | 3,200 | 1265 | 0.6546 | |
| 162 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4477 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 163 | Rutgers University-Camden | 44600 | 60700 | 0.2652 | 3,857 | 1168 | 0.6629 | |
| 164 | Quinnipiac University | 44800 | 79200 | 0.4343 | 6,557 | 1245 | 0.7215 | |
| 165 | La Sierra University | 44900 | 66000 | 0.3187 | 1,226 | 1025 | 0.915 | |
| 166 | Mercer University | 46600 | 63700 | 0.2686 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 167 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2122 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 168 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 169 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1291 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 170 | MidAmerica Nazarene University | 53300 | 63600 | 0.1617 | 1,204 | 1040 | 0.788 | |
| 171 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 172 | Elon University | 56900 | 68900 | 0.1743 | 6,452 | 1215 | 0.6635 | |
| 173 | Menlo College | 58500 | 86800 | 0.326 | 764 | 1045 | 0.6847 | |
| 174 | Mercyhurst University | 60800 | 68000 | 0.1059 | 2,274 | 1090 | 0.8102 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.