Human Resource Management at The Graduate Center, CUNY

If you plan to study human resource management, take a look at what The Graduate Center, CUNY has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

The Graduate Center is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 9,300.

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.

The Graduate Center Human Resource Management Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in HR (Less Than 1 Year)
• Master’s Degree in HR

The Graduate Center Human Resource Management Rankings

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In 2021, 26 students received their master’s degree in HR from The Graduate Center. This makes it the #99 most popular school for HR master’s degree candidates in the country.

HR Student Demographics at The Graduate Center

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the HR majors at The Graduate Center, CUNY.

The Graduate Center Human Resource Management Master’s Program

Of the 26 students who earned a master's degree in Human Resource Management from The Graduate Center in 2020-2021, 38% were men and 62% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 27% men graduate in HR each year. The Graduate Center does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 11% more men than average.

In the HR master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 65% of degree recipients. That is 23% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The Graduate Center, CUNY with a master's in HR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	7
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

The Graduate Center 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 The Graduate Center, CUNY. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Labor Studies	26

Related Majors

• Business Administration & Management
• General Business/Commerce

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 NY, the home state for The Graduate Center, CUNY.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Human Resources Specialists	41,300	$75,650
Training and Development Specialists	23,500	$69,910
Human Resources Managers	10,230	$150,280
Business Professors	8,910	$110,500
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	8,810	$76,680

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 Alex Irklievski under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.