Human Resource Management at Emporia State University

Every human resource management school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the HR program at Emporia State University stacks up to those at other schools.

ESU is located in Emporia, Kansas and approximately 5,828 students attend the school each year. Of the 166 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Emporia State University in 2021, 18 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.

ESU Human Resource Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in HR

ESU Human Resource Management Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The HR major at ESU 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
	61
	144
	168
	180
	196
	244
	302
	309
	392
	421

HR Student Demographics at ESU

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

ESU Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 18 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Human Resource Management from ESU in 2020-2021, 61% were men and 39% were women. The typical HR bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at ESU since its program graduates 34% more men than average.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in HR at ESU 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 Emporia State University with a bachelor's in HR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	13
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

ESU 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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Emporia State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

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

Related Majors

• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Marketing
• Accounting
• Business Administration & 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 KS, the home state for Emporia State University.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Human Resources Specialists	5,430	$60,970
Training and Development Specialists	3,250	$60,650
Human Resources Managers	1,150	$107,810
Business Professors	570	$90,730
Labor Relations Specialists	460	$55,300

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 Ethan James Scherrer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.