Human Resource Management at Eastern Washington University

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

EWU is located in Cheney, Washington and has a total student population of 12,349. In 2021, 18 HR majors received their bachelor's degree from EWU.

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.

EWU Human Resource Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in HR

EWU Human Resource Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the HR progam at EWU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 EWU 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
	144
	206
	234
	324
	398
	413
	494

HR Student Demographics at EWU

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

EWU Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in HR from EWU. About 56% were men and 44% were women. The typical HR bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at EWU since its program graduates 28% more men than average.

About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in HR at EWU 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 Eastern Washington University with a bachelor's in HR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

EWU 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

If you plan to be a HR major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Eastern Washington University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	18

Related Majors

• International Business
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Management Information Systems
• Finance & Financial Management
• Marketing

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 WA, the home state for Eastern Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Human Resources Specialists	17,250	$72,370
Training and Development Specialists	7,090	$76,800
Human Resources Managers	3,320	$134,070
Labor Relations Specialists	2,280	$77,070
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	1,870	$75,860

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 Ian Poellet under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.