Human Resource Management at Eastern Michigan University

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

Eastern Michigan is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan and has a total student population of 16,294.

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.

Eastern Michigan Human Resource Management Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in HR

Eastern Michigan Human Resource Management Rankings

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HR Student Demographics at Eastern Michigan

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the HR majors at Eastern Michigan University.

Eastern Michigan Human Resource Management Master’s Program

The HR program at Eastern Michigan awarded 65 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 29% of these degrees went to men with the other 71% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 27% men graduate in HR each year. Eastern Michigan does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

In the HR master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 65% of degree recipients. That is 22% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Eastern Michigan University with a master's in HR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	30
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	20
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 Eastern Michigan University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	65

Related Majors

• Business/Managerial Economics
• Taxation
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• International Business
• Entrepreneurial Studies

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 MI, the home state for Eastern Michigan University.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Human Resources Specialists	16,500	$62,470
Training and Development Specialists	6,010	$61,090
Human Resources Managers	3,720	$115,780
Labor Relations Specialists	3,620	$72,320
Business Professors	2,350	$107,140

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 Dwight Burdette under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.