Human Resource Management at Brigham Young University - Provo

What traits are you looking for in a HR school? To help you decide if Brigham Young University - Provo is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's HR program.

BYU is located in Provo, Utah and approximately 36,461 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,239 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University - Provo in 2021, 38 of them were human resource management majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Human Resource Management section at the bottom of this page.

BYU Human Resource Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in HR

BYU Human Resource Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks HR programs across the country. The following shows how BYU performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The HR major at BYU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Human Resource Management. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	10
	15
	30
	54
	242
	267
	503

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in HR from BYU. This is the #268 most popular school for HR master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of BYU HR Graduates

The median salary of HR students who receive their bachelor's degree at BYU is $53,041. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 22% higher than the national average of $43,491 for all HR bachelor's degree recipients.

HR Student Demographics at BYU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the HR majors at Brigham Young University - Provo.

BYU Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Program

The HR program at BYU awarded 38 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 61% of these degrees went to men with the other 39% going to women. The typical HR bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at BYU since its program graduates 33% more men than average.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in HR at BYU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Brigham Young University - Provo with a bachelor's in HR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	29
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

BYU also has a doctoral program available in HR. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Human Resource Management

Human Resource Management majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Brigham Young University - Provo. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Organizational Behavior Studies	38

Related Majors

• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Entrepreneurial Studies
• General Business/Commerce
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Construction Management

Careers That HR Grads May Go Into

A degree in HR can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for UT, the home state for Brigham Young University - Provo.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Human Resources Specialists	6,030	$56,960
Training and Development Specialists	4,790	$54,480
Human Resources Managers	1,340	$104,440
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	770	$75,270
Business Professors	770	$96,460

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Mwilson3 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.