Human Resource Management & Services

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Total Degrees​
Awarded in 2022
27,074
declining 5.95%
Median In-State​
Public Tuition
$8,041
growing 2.89%
Median Out-of-State​
Private Tuition
$33,950
growing 2.41%

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In 2023, the locations with the highest concentration of Human Resource Management & Services degree recipients are Phoenix, AZ, Minneapolis, MN, and Millcreek, UT. N/A The most common degree awarded to students studying Human Resource Management & Services is a bachelors degree.

Institutions

Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Human Resource Management & Services and the types of students that study this field. University of Phoenix-Arizona awards the most degrees in Human Resource Management & Services in the US, but Fielding Graduate University and Claremont Lincoln University have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Human Resource Management & Services.

Tuition costs for Human Resource Management & Services majors are, on average, $8,041 for in-state public colleges, and $33,950 for out of state private colleges.

The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Human Resource Management & Services programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (366 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (10,724 completions).

Institutions

Institution with the Most Degrees Awarded in Human Resource Management & Services (2023)
  1. 927 degrees awarded
  2. 828 degrees awarded
  3. 673 degrees awarded

The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Human Resource Management & Services, is Public, 4-year or above (10,724 completions in 2023).

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Tuition Costs for Common Institutions

$8,041
Median In-State Public
$33,950
Median Out of State Private

University of Phoenix-Arizona has the most Human Resource Management & Services degree recipients, with 927 degrees awarded in 2023.

The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Human Resource Management & Services.

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Specialized Colleges

Out of all institutions that offer Human Resource Management & Services programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Fielding Graduate University has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Human Resource Management & Services, with 33.6%.

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Degrees Awarded by County

Counties with the Most Degrees Awarded in Human Resource Management & Services
  1. 1,304 degrees awarded
  2. 876 degrees awarded
  3. 850 degrees awarded

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Diversity

Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Business in the United States.

The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Female employees are more likely to hold Business degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Business (12,146 students).

Degrees Awarded

The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Human Resource Management & Services are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years.

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Sex Imbalance for Common Institutions

Female (72.6%)
Most Common Sex with a Degree in this Field

This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Human Resource Management & Services.

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Race & Ethnicity by Degrees Awarded

Most Common Race or Ethnicity
  1. White
    12,146 degrees awarded
  2. Black or African American
    4,452 degrees awarded
  3. Hispanic or Latino
    4,185 degrees awarded

This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Human Resource Management & Services for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.

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Race & Ethnicity by Sex

Most Common Race/Ethnicity and Sex Combination
  1. White Female
    3,782 degrees awarded
  2. White Male
    1,793 degrees awarded
  3. Hispanic or Latino Female
    1,259 degrees awarded

This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Human Resource Management & Services.

White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.

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Global Diversity

The closest comparable data for the 4 Digit Course Human Resource Management & Services is from the 2 Digit Course Business.
Most Common Countries of Origin
  1. India
    177,507 degree recipients
  2. Mexico
    149,786 degree recipients
  3. Philippines
    140,210 degree recipients
High Relative Number of Students
  1. Mongolia
    2.8 times more than expected
  2. Norway
    2.59 times more than expected
  3. Zimbabwe
    2.49 times more than expected

There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Mongolia that hold Business degrees (2.8 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is India (177,507 degree recipients).

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Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Human Resource Management & Services field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Human Resource Management & Services majors need many skills, but most especially Speaking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Human Resource Management & Services majors need more than the average amount of Management of Financial Resources, Negotiation, and Persuasion.

These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Human Resource Management & Services majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Management of Financial Resources is very distinctive for majors, but the Speaking, Active Listening, and Writing are the three most important skills for people in the field.

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